Here is a great resource from Learning Network section in The Times especially helpful for engaging students in creative writing tasks. This is basically a list of 400 prompts for argumentative writing. The list of prompts which is also available in PDF format is meant to inspire students to write on a variety of contemporary issues from sexting to parenting and social media use.
‘ Each question comes from [The Time's] daily Student Opinion feature, and each provides links to free Times resources for finding more information. And for even more in-depth student discussions on pressing issues like immigration, guns, climate change and race...visit [The Time's] fall 2016 Civil Conversation Challenge.’ The writing prompts are arranged into the following categories:
- Social Media and Smartphones
- Technology in Schools and the Future
- Gender Issues
- Dating and Sex
- Sports
- TV, Movies and Video Games
- Music, Literature and Art
- Parenting and Childhood
- Being a Teenager
- School
- School Rules, Discipline and Bullying
- Grading and Testing
- Time in School
- College and Career
- Health and Nutrition
- Animals and Science
- Personal Character and Morality
- Government and Leadership
- Guns, Prisons and the Justice System
- Other Questions.
Alternatively, you can use different web tools and mobile apps to generate you own writing promPTS. Check out this page to learn more.
