Florida Writing Assessment Prompts From 1993-2011 Grade 4 The writing prompts that follow are general approximations of the Florida Writing Assessment prompts that have been given to 4 th grade students since the beginning of the Florida Writing Assessment program. The most recent prompts are words exactly as the actual assessments. 2011 Everyone has a favorite kind of weather. Think about your favorite kind of weather. Expository Write to explain why it is your favorite kind of weather. 2010 Narrative What if a principal asked the 4th grade students to make lunch for the school one day? Think about what might happen when you and your class made lunch for the school one day. Write a story about what happened the day some 4 th grade students made lunch for the school.
2009 Expository Everyone has to follow rules. Think about why it is important to follow rules. Write to explain why it is important to follow the rules. Narrative Everyone has a day off from school. Think about time when you had a day off from school. Now write a story about a time you had a day off from school. 2008 Expository Students often help by doing a job in the classroom. Think about your favorite classroom job. Now write to explain your favorite classroom job. Narrative Many people play games with family and friends. Think about what happens when someone plays a game with family or friends. Write a story about what happens when someone plays a game with family or friends.
2007 Many people have something special to them, like a toy, a book, or an award. Think about something that is special to you and what makes it special. Now write about something that is special and explain why it is special to you. Imagine a field trip to a special place. Think about what might happen on a field trip to a special place. Now write a story about a field trip to a special place. 2006 We all have had fun playing outside. Think about a time you had fun playing outside. Write to tell about something you do outside for fun and explain what makes it fun. We all know that many animals are smart. Think about a time when an animal has done something smart. Now write to tell a story about a time an animal did something smart.
2005 Everything has special things they like to do. Think about something special that you like to do. Explain to your reader why you like to do this special thing. Teacher sometimes like to surprise their classes. Think about a time when a teacher surprised your class. Now write to tell a story about a time the teacher surprised the class. 2004 Everyone has a person they like. Think about a person you like. Write to tell about the person you like and explain why you like this person. Most people have special rides they would like to go on. Think about a special ride you would like to go on. Now write to tell a story about going on a special ride.
2003 Everyone has a particular game they like to play. Think about a particular game you like to play. Write to explain why you enjoy playing a particular game. Your class has a classroom pet and it is your turn to take care of the pet for one day. Think about what might happen during that day. Write to tell a story about what happens when you take care of the pet for one day. 2002 Students have often wondered what it would be like to have a different teacher. Think about a particular person you would choose to be the teacher for a day. Write to explain why you choose that particular person to be the teacher for a day. We all have often wondered what it would be like to have a famous person visit us. Think about a famous person coming to visit. Now write to tell a story about a famous person coming to visit.
2001 Everyone has a favorite thing they like to do after school Think about what is your favorite thing to do after school. Write to tell about the favorite thing you like to do after school and explain why you like to do it. Students have often wondered what it would be like to have a famous person visit their school. Think about a famous person coming to visit. Now write to tell a story about a famous person coming to visit. 2000 Everyone has a favorite day of the week. Think about your favorite day of the week. Now write to explain why it is your favorite day of the week. We all have had a special time with a friend. Think about what happened when you had a special time with a friend. Write to tell a story about what happened when you had a special time with a friend.
1999 We all have someone that is special to us. Think about someone that is special to you. Write to explain why this person is special to you. You pass a door every day. It is always locked. One day you pass the door and it is not locked. You open the door and walk inside. Write to tell what happens when you open the door and walk inside. 1998 Everyone has a favorite place. Think about a place that is your favorite. Write to explain why this one place is your favorite. All of us have found something. Think about a time when you or someone else found something. Write to tell a story about what happened when you or someone else found something.
1997 We have heard that it is important to be a good reader. Think about why you think it is important to be a good reader. Write to explain why you think it is important to be a good reader. Go back in time. You are riding in a wagon. Horses pull the wagon you are riding in. Think about riding in a wagon pulled horses. Write to tell a story about riding in a wagon pulled by horses. 1996 We all know that it is important to eat healthy foods. Think about why you think it is important to eat healthy foods. Write to explain why you think it is important to eat healthy foods. You pass a door every day. It is always locked. One day you pass the door and it is not locked. You open the door and walk inside. Write to tell what happens when you open and walk inside.
1995 We all have a favorite time of the year. Think about one time of the year that is your favorite. Write to explain why that one time of year is your favorite. One day your teacher comes in your classroom. She puts a bag down on her desk and leaves the room. As soon as she leaves the room, the bag begins to move. Write to tell what happens when the bag begins to move. 1994 We all have things that are important to us. Think about one thing that is important to you. Write, to explain to the reader, why this one thing is important to you. We have all had days that were special to us. Think about one day that was special to you. Write to tell what happened on one day that was special to you.
1993 Your class will have a classroom pet. Think about one pet that would be a good pet for your classroom. Write to explain why you think this pet would be good for your classroom. One day your teacher comes in your classroom. She puts a bag down on her desk and leaves the room. As soon as she leaves the room, the bag begins to move. Write to tell what happens as the bag begins to move.