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Writing Workshop Activity
Journal Writing Prompt
Grade Level 1
Virginia SOL 1.13g The students will share writings with others
National Standard 4. Students adjust their use of spoken, written, and visual language
(e.g., conventions, style, vocabulary) to communicate effectively
with a variety of audiences and for different purposes.
Prompt &
Instructions
Write about the first time you lost your tooth. How did you feel?
Biographical Writing Prompt
Grade Level 3
Virginia SOL 3.11c The student will collect and organize information about the
topic into a short report.
National Standard 8. Students use a variety of technological and information resources
(e.g. libraries, databases, computer networks, video) to gather and
synthesize information and to create and communicate knowledge.
Prompt &
Instructions
Who was Benjamin Franklin? What is he famous for?
Expository Writing Prompt
Grade Level 2
Virginia SOL 2.12b The student will organize writing to include a beginning,
middle, and end for narrative and expository writing.
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National Standard 12. Students use spoken, written, and visual language to accomplish
their own purposes (e.g., for learning, enjoyment, persuasion, and
the exchange of information
Prompt &
Instructions
Describe the best party that you have ever attended and explain
what made it the best.
Narrative Writing Prompt
Grade Level 2
Virginia SOL 2.12b The student will organize writing to include a beginning,
middle, and end for narrative and expository writing.
National Standard 5. Students employ a wide range of strategies as they write and use
different writing process elements appropriately to communicate
with different audiences for a variety of purposes..
Prompt &
Instructions
Write about your favorite vacation. Where did you go and what did
you do?
Descriptive Writing Prompt
Grade Level 2
Virginia SOL 2.12c The student will expand writing to include descriptive detail
National Standard 5. Students employ a wide range of strategies as they write and use
different writing process elements appropriately to communicate
with different audiences for a variety of purposes.
Prompt &
Instructions
What is the first thing you do when you wake up in the morning?
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Describe it?
Persuasive Writing Prompt
Grade Level 5
Virginia SOL 5.7 The student will write for a variety of purposes: to describe, to
inform, to entertain, to explain, and to persuade.
National Standard 12. Students use spoken, written, and visual language to accomplish
their own purposes (e.g., for learning, enjoyment, persuasion, and
the exchange of information
Prompt &
Instructions
Write about the food in the school cafeteria. Is it good or bad and
why you think so?
Poetry Writing Prompt
Grade Level 4
Virginia SOL 4.7k The student will include supporting details that elaborate the
main idea.
National Standard 5. Students employ a wide range of strategies as they write and use
different writing process elements appropriately to communicate
with different audiences for a variety of purposes.
Prompt &
Instructions
Write about how your world we be different if you were in charge
of everything. Start your writing with “If I were the president” .
Research
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:
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References
Standards. (n.d.). NCTE. https://ncte.org/resources/standards/
Virginia Department of education. (2017). Standards of Learning for English | Virginia
Department of Education. Www.doe.virginia.gov.
https://www.doe.virginia.gov/teaching-learning-assessment/k-12-standards-instruction/
english-reading-literacy/standards-of-learning
RubiStar Home. (2019). 4teachers.org. http://rubistar.4teachers.org/index.php
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