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What to Write About
If your teacher does not assign a specific topic, it might
help if you make a list of your interests or of subjects that you have
a lot of thoughts (or maybe just a lot of questions) about. Think about
what you enjoy on a daily basis, or what is meaningful or important to
you. This list will be helpful to draw on for bulletin board topics as
well as for regular paper topics. Here are some suggestions:
- Write about something that was discussed in class or
that you read for class
- What is your favorite TV show, book, movie, song, painting
or web page and why? (Or discuss one of these that you have seen/read/heard
recently and write a response)
- What are your goals for the future? Who do you want
to be and how can you get there? This can include career, educational
or character goals.
- Think of a principle or belief that you feel strongly
about it. Why do you see things the way you do? What questions or concerns
do you have about your position on that particular issue or stand? Who
is likely to agree/disagree with you? What might you say or write to
each of the people or groups you thought of?
- Think of a policy (at the school, corporate, town,
state, national or international level) that you feel should be changed.
Write a convincing argument.
- Respond to a story or issue that is currently in the
news.
- Think of something you dislike, and explain why.
- Think of an emotion. Describe what it is like. Try
to define it, and discuss how it influences society. Provide examples.
- What do you think the world would be like if there
was no written language? (yes, that includes math)
- Think about technological advances that are being made
or will be made. What social and ethical questions or problems are likely
to arise, and how might society address them. What’s the worst
that could happen? Or the best?
- If you were to describe yourself, your town, your school,
your country, your family etc., to someone who had never met you or
been to any of those places, what would you say? What new insights have
you gained?
- What makes humans… human?
- Recall a time when something someone said (or wrote)
really made you think.
- Reflect on a famous quote or saying
- Think of a time when your perspective about an issue
or topic changed in a significant way
- What’s something you don’t know? Do a little
research and write about what you find out.
- Ask a question that you have (about life, an issue,
something you heard, saw, experienced, or read—maybe something
from another class)—then try to answer your own question.
- Respond to something in the school paper
- Create your own topic
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