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Writing Developing Your Response

Once you’ve examined the prompt and made a brief list, you should be ready to write. Remember to stick to your plan as much as possible

Beginning 🟪 In the beginning, you should tell the reader what you will be writing about—your topic and focus.

Middle 🟪 The middle part of your response should include the key points you want to make (the qualities of great teachers, for example). Try to put each of your main points in a separate paragraph. That way you can support each point one at a time and keep all the important details together.

Ending 🟪 In the final paragraph, you need to tie everything together and remind the reader why your topic is important.

Revising Improving Your Response

Remember that responding to a prompt is a way of measuring your writing skills, so you’ll want to do your very best. This means you need to save some time to check everything over and change anything that isn’t clear. Ask yourself these questions when you revise: