• An important decision.
• Teacher experiences—When did a teacher help you? hinder you?
• Pass/fail versus the A‑F grading system.
• Distinguishing feature—Write about one thing that most distinguishes you.
• What other people notice—What do you think other people notice about you most?
• Best feature/worst feature—What is yours and explain why.
• Friendship—What traits do you look for in a friend?
• Multiculturalism—What are the advantages of living in a multicultural society?
• A description of an event, person, object, place.
• An informal letter conveying a response to a significant incident.
• A review of an article, play, opera, movie, concert.
• A personal reaction to classroom activity, your classmates, or your teacher.
• Suggestions for improving an English 101 syllabus.
• An exploration of a concept or a theory.
• A response to a journal entry you wrote in the past.
• A vocabulary list: words you have discovered in your reading that you feel are worth learning—accompanied
by dictionary definitions and original sentences using the words.
Sample Solution
