DAILY WRITING FLUENCY PROMPTS

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1 Lesson 1 Have students look at the photo of the skier on page 130. What do students think this man is doing? What has he achieved? What do they think of this man? SAY: Look at the photo of the man on page 130. What do you think he is doing? What has he achieved? What do you think of him? Lesson 2 Personal Experience Ask students how they define success for themselves. What are some ways in which they ve experienced success? At school, at home, in the arts, in sports, or in personal relationships? SAY: How do you define success for yourself? What are some ways you ve experienced success? Lesson 3 Have students think about how they want to succeed in the future. What are the steps they will take to achieve that success? SAY: What is your goal for success in the future? What are some steps you will take to achieve that success? Lesson 4 Refer to pages 136 and137. Have students select Frida Kahlo or Bill Gates. Ask them to write about what they admire about Kahlo or Gates. SAY: Select Frida Kahlo or Bill Gates from your reading. What do you admire about Kahlo or Gates? Lesson 5 Refer to pages 138 and 139. Have students select Muhammad Yunus or Mae Jemison. Ask them to write about what makes Yunus or Jemison a success. SAY: Select Muhammad Yunus or Mae Jemison from your reading. What makes Yunus or Jemison a success? Copyright by Pearson Education, Inc. 1

2 Lesson 6 Opinion Ask students if they think everyone can be successful. Why or why not? Have them write a paragraph to explain their opinion. SAY: Do you think everyone can be successful? Why or why not? Lesson 7 Refer students to the Extension exercise they completed on page 141. Have students pick one person on the chart and write about that person s background and achievements. SAY: Select one person on the chart you completed on page 141. Write about that person s background and achievements. Lesson 8 Ask students to write a compare and contrast paragraph about two famous people. They should describe how they are similar and how they are different. SAY: Write about two famous people. How are they similar? How are they different? Lesson 9 Narrative Ask students to think about how they helped someone else achieve success. Students should write about how they helped that person. SAY: Think of a time you helped someone achieve success. Write about how you helped that person. What did the person achieve? How did you feel about helping that person? Lesson 10 Facts and Opinions Refer students to page 147. Ask them to write three facts and three opinions about a famous person they ve read about. SAY: Write three facts and three opinions about a famous person they ve read about. Copyright by Pearson Education, Inc. 2

3 Lesson 11 Interview Ask students to imagine they are interviewing someone they admire and have read about. Have them write three questions they would like to ask this person during the interview. SAY: Imagine you are interviewing someone you admire and have read about. Write three questions you would like to ask this person during the interview. Lesson 12 Facts and Opinions Refer to pages 148 to 151. Ask students to write three facts about Naomi Shihab Nye. Then have them write three opinions about her and her work. SAY: Write three facts you learned about Naomi Shihab Nye. Then write three of your own opinions about Nye and her work. Lesson 13 Literary Interpretation Refer to the poem on page 151. Ask students to select their favorite lines. Have them interpret what the lines mean and if the lines help them to remember something in their own lives. SAY: Select your favorite lines from Making a Mosaic. Write an interpretation about the meaning of the lines. Do they help you to remember something in your own life? Lesson 14 Personal Experience Ask students to think of a competition they entered, either by themselves or with a team. What did they learn from this experience? SAY: Think of a competition you entered, either by yourself or with a team. What did you learn from this experience? Lesson 15 Personal Experience Refer to page 157 and the term character motivation. Ask students to write about what motivates them to succeed. SAY: What motivates you to succeed? Copyright by Pearson Education, Inc. 3

4 Lesson 16 Refer to pages 160 to 163. Ask students what motivates Lupe to succeed? What steps does she take to succeed? SAY: Think about the character Lupe. What motivates Lupe to succeed? What steps does she take to succeed? Lesson 17 Ask students if they have ever lost a competition or failed to reach a goal. Have them describe that experience and how they felt about losing or failing. SAY: Have you ever lost a competition or failed to reach a goal? How did that feel? What did you learn from that experience? Lesson 18 Interview Have students imagine they won a competition and are being interviewed by a reporter about their achievement. Ask students to write five questions and answers for this interview. SAY: Imagine you won a competition and are being interviewed by a reporter. Write five questions and answers for this interview. Lesson 19 Book or Movie Review Ask students to think of a movie they saw or a book they read recently. Have them write a review, describing the strengths and weaknesses of the movie or book. SAY: Think of a movie you saw or a book you read recently. Write a review and describe the strengths and weaknesses of the movie or book. What did you like? What didn t you like? Provide reasons for your opinions and details to support your opinions. Lesson 20 Opinion Have students think of a successful person they know or have read about. Ask them to write a paragraph about how success has affected this person s life. SAY: Think of a successful person you know or have read about. How has success affected this person s life? Do you think this person s success has had a positive or negative impact? Why? Copyright by Pearson Education, Inc. 4

5 Lesson 21 Persuasive Writing Have students think about persuading their parents to get a robot for their home. What could a robot do? How could it be helpful? SAY: Think about persuading your parents to get a robot for your home. What could a robot do at your home? How could it be helpful? Lesson 22 Ask students to compare a science competition to a sports competition. SAY: Write a comparison between a science competition and a basketball or football game? How are they similar? How are they different? Lesson 23 Journal Entry Have students imagine they are engineers working on an exciting project. Ask them to write a journal entry about the first day they began working on this project. SAY: Imagine you are an engineer working on an exciting project. Write a journal entry about the first day you began working on this project. Describe the project and its goals. Explain why you re thrilled to be working on this project. Lesson 24 Ask students what we learn from news articles in newspapers, magazines, or online. What have they read recently? What did they learn? Do newspaper articles contain facts, opinions, or both? SAY: What do we learn from reading news articles? What have you read recently? What did you learn from the article? Do newspaper articles contain facts, opinions, or both? Lesson 25 Have students choose a successful person they ve read about or know. Ask them to write a news article about a recent accomplishment made by this person. SAY: Think of a successful person you ve read about or know. Write a news article about a recent accomplishment by this person. Copyright by Pearson Education, Inc. 5

6 Lesson 26 Ask students to write a response to this question: Is success always about winning? SAY: Is success always about winning? What are some other measures of success? Do you think winning is more important than anything else, or are there other things that may be just as important? Lesson 27 Ask students to look at the list of books in Further Reading on page 185. Have them select one book and write why they are interested in reading it. SAY: Select a book from the list on page 185 that you want to read. Why are you interested in reading this book? Lesson 28 Interview Have students think of a successful person they admire. Ask them to write six interview questions. SAY: Think of a successful person you admire. Write six interview questions you would like to ask this person. Ask questions about their life, goals, accomplishments, and how they achieved success. Lesson 29 Critique Have each student think about the presentation they made. Then ask them to write critiques of their own presentations using the checklist on page 187. How would they improve their own presentations the next time? SAY: Using the checklist on page 187, evaluate your own presentation and write a critique. How would you improve your presentation the next time? Lesson 30 Ask students to look at Chuck Close s Self Portrait, 2000 on page 193. Have students write about what they see and what kind of man Chuck Close is. Also, what does the artist want us to know about him? SAY: Look at Chuck Close s Self Portrait, From looking at the self-portrait, what kind of man do you think Chuck Close is? What does the artist want us to know about him? Copyright by Pearson Education, Inc. 6