Transcript extremely meticulous detail

Topic: Family Description by Age
Skill: Word Choice/Description
Describe each of your family members, but limit the number of words
in each description to the age of each person. For example, your 71year-old mother must be described in 71 words, your 43-year-old sister
must be described in 43 words, and your 12-year-old cousin must be
described in 12 words.
Topic: Breakfast Love Story
Skill: Tone/Voice
What did you eat for breakfast?
Write an a love poem ABOUT your breakfast
OR
a love letter TO your breakfast.
Topic: Alien Travel Directions
Skill: Structure/Time/Narration
Imagine an outer-space alien landed at your doorstep. The creature has
never before been to Earth. Explain to it – in extremely meticulous
detail – exactly how to travel from space to your home to your school.
Topic: Resignation Letter
Skill: Tone/ Word Choice/Purpose
Pretend you have been the CEO of a major company for the last 20
years. Company profits and morale have steadily declined over the last
five years and you’ve had it. You suddenly decide to make the
impetuous decision to quit.
Write a resignation letter that is 26 sentences long. Each sentence must
begin with a different consecutive letter of the alphabet. Start with "a"
and end with "z."
Topic: Choice
Skill: Tone/ Word Choice/Purpose
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You’re digging in your garden and find a fist-sized nugget of
gold.
Write about an unexpected silver lining of a terrible situation.
There’s a guy sitting on a park bench reading a newspaper…
There are three children sitting on a log near a stream. One of
them looks up at the sky and says…
A magic talisman that allows its keeper to read minds has
fallen into your hands.
You walk into your house and it’s completely different —
furniture, decor, all changed. And nobody’s home.