Longman Keystone • Level C Unit 2
DAILY WRITING FLUENCY PROMPTS
Lesson 1
Write a
paragraph explaining the meaning of challenge and
giving an example of a challenge you have faced.
Lesson 2
Write Sentences
Choose three of
the Key Words on page 79 of your book, and write one sentence using each of the
words.
Lesson 3
Look at the picture
on page 80 of SB. Write what you
think the girl and boy are saying in the form of a dialog.
Lesson 4
After you have read pages 82-86 in Student book, write a paragraph about Harriet
Tubman. Write a paragraph about her life and
the challenges she faced.
Lesson 5
Imagine that you
are an escaping slave, alone at night, trying to find your way to safety on the
underground railroad. Write a paragraph describing your surroundings. Try to
make the setting convey some of what you imagine you would be feeling.
Lesson 6
Write a
paragraph describing a scene with several things in it. Be sure to use
prepositions to show where the things are in relation to one another.
Lesson 7
Write a
paragraph explaining why it is important to start a story with an “attention
grabber.” Give examples of good and poor first sentences.
Lesson 8
Write three
sentences. One should use the first-person point of view, one the second-person
point of view, and one the third-person point of view.
Lesson 9
Write a
paragraph about Yu-Lan’s challenge and how she faced it.
Lesson 10
Write a short
poem about some of your friends or family members.
Lesson 11
Write about how
you helped a friend or how a friend helped you overcome a challenge.
Lesson 12
Write three
sentences with gerunds. Be sure to form them and use them correctly.
Lesson 13
Make a list of
other diseases you have heard of. Next to each, make a note about how dangerous
it is.
Lesson 14
Look at the
children on page 128 of your book. Write
a dialog of what the children may be talking about.
Lesson 15
Look at the map
on page 130 of your book. Then make a
list of places in America that had yellow fever outbreaks between 1793 and
1905.
Lesson 16
Write about
whether the experiment at Camp Lazear was a good way to face the challenge of
yellow fever outbreaks.
Lesson 17
Look at these
sentences. Then rewrite each in the passive voice.
1. Juan Carlos
wrote the play.
2. Our teacher,
Mrs. Kessler, gave a talk about government.
3. My parents
made the most wonderful cake!
4. The lifeguard
rescued the boy who swam out too far.
Lesson 18
Write a
description of a time you were sick. The description should be written in the
simple past.
Lesson 19
Write a
paragraph in which you talk about things that are similar between the terms “author’s
influences” and “external conflict.”
Lesson 20
Write a
paragraph describing the advice that Paulsen give kids who want to become
writers.
Lesson 21
Once you have
reread pages 114-115 in your book, write a paragraph summarizing what happened
in the first two pages of the story.
Lesson 22
Write two
paragraphs. The first should describe the setting in which you find yourself.
The second should describe some of the challenges that you face.
Lesson 23
Read these pairs
of simple sentences. Then make each sentence pair into one
compound
sentence and write it down.
1. I ran down
the street. I couldn’t catch the bus.
2. Our parents
asked us to take the dog for a walk. We did it.
3. She can stay
awake and read. She can go to sleep.
Lesson 24
Choose one type
of narrative paragraph. Think about the characteristics of this kind of
writing. Then write a narrative paragraph.
Lesson 25
Think about which of the four readings was the
best illustration of someone facing a challenge.
Write a
persuasive paragraph explaining why you chose the reading you did.
Lesson 26
Write a
paragraph comparing and contrasting the three projects on page 141 of your book and explain why you chose the one
you did.
Lesson 27 Make
a list of visuals that you can use to make a presentation. Next to the name
of each visual, suggest a kind of presentation where you think that visual would
be effective.
Lesson 28
After you have
read the paragraph you wrote in your first Daily Writing Fluency paragraph of
this unit, write another paragraph comparing how the word “challenge” has
changed for you over the course of the unit.
Lesson 29
Write a list of
the errors you corrected as a result of editing and proofreading your writing.
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Lesson 30
Description
Write a
paragraph describing what is happening in the painting p. 151. How does it make
you feel? Why?
