WrFl Unit 2

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. .

 

Lesson 30

Description

Write a paragraph describing what is happening in the painting p. 151. How does it make you feel? Why?