1. 2017-2018 MR. Shannon’s Writing Prompts
1st Grading Period

2. Describe the festival that this picture illustrates.
How Creative Can You Be
You have 10 minutes to write a CREATIVE, IMAGINATIVE and INTERESTING response to the following.
Describe the festival that this picture illustrates.
Use U.S. Southern Colloquial Dialect.

3. If being elitist is bad, why do we try our hardest to be elite?

4. In what society does this advertisement for cleaning products exist?
Please write for 10 minutes
In what society does this advertisement for cleaning products exist?

5. Write for 10 minutes as to why Science should or should not be on this list

8. There is a strong assumption implicit in this quotation. What is it?

9. There is a strong assumption implicit in this quotation. What is it?

10. Some people say that man-made climate change—the result of CO2 and other “greenhouse gases” released into the atmosphere over the last century—has resulted in a higher global temperature, causing devastating changes to the homeostasis of the planet. This higher temperature will eventually result in a melting of the polar ice caps, both north and south. Climate scientists predict that a cataclysmic sea-level rise will be the result of this, forcing a migration from the low-lying coastal areas around the world of over 1 billion people, the largest migration the earth has ever seen. The Pentagon states that climate change is the greatest threat to national security.
Some people say this is all “hooey”, “junk science”, “environmental scare tactics”, “the biggest hoax ever”.
What do you think?

11. Who is this man and what drives him?
How creative can you be
You have 5-10 minutes to write a CREATIVE, IMAGINATIVE and INTERESTING response to the following.
Who is this man and what drives him?

12. The Cat in the Hat has given you Thing 1 and Thing 2 for the day
The Cat in the Hat has given you Thing 1 and Thing 2 for the day. What will you do with them? Please write your response in rhyming metrical verse.
(like Dr. Seuss)

13. Describe the character of Oedipus so far, write in the style of sophocles.

14. Write a dialog between Oedipus and Creon after they time travel to 2015.

15. What is the benefit of using Dialogs to communicate ideas?AP
Please write for 5-10 minutes
What is the benefit of using Dialogs to communicate ideas?

16. AP
Which pill do you take?   As evidence of your decision, recount 2-3 examples from your own life of instances where finding out a hidden truth either helped or hindered your personal development. Or, you may focus on one such incident from your life and 2-3 of its consequences.

17. One of your classmates is struggling to survive
One of your classmates is struggling to survive. (Actually, many of your classmates are. Times are very tough for everyone.) You have the opportunity to help her, but in order to help you will have to take a beating and perhaps additional punishment. Would you risk a beating in order to help your classmate? Why or Why not? What if the person was a stranger you had never seen before? Would you take the beating to help someone you don’t know? Explain.

18. Explore the ways in which your culture has influenced your life.
Please write for 10 minutes
Explore the ways in which your culture has influenced your life.