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    Writing Topic

    Why weekends need to be longer

    Level: 
    Grade 6
    Grade 7
    Grade 8
    Mode: 
    Persuasive Writing
    Form: 
    Persuasive Paragraph
    Editorial
    Persuasive Essay
    Letter to the Editor
    Theme: 
    Play
    Family
    Friends
    Life

    Writing Topic

    A big problem in education is . . .

    Level: 
    Grade 6
    Grade 7
    Grade 8
    Mode: 
    Persuasive Writing
    Form: 
    Editorial
    Persuasive Paragraph
    Persuasive Essay
    Letter to the Editor
    Problem-Solution
    Theme: 
    Education
    Rules

    Writing Topic

    Let's save _ in our schools

    Level: 
    Grade 6
    Grade 7
    Grade 8
    Mode: 
    Persuasive Writing
    Form: 
    Editorial
    Persuasive Paragraph
    Persuasive Essay
    Letter to the Editor
    Problem-Solution
    Theme: 
    Education
    Community

    Writing Topic

    A big hazard on the road

    Level: 
    Grade 6
    Grade 7
    Grade 8
    Mode: 
    Persuasive Writing
    Form: 
    Editorial
    Persuasive Paragraph
    Persuasive Essay
    Letter to the Editor
    Problem-Solution
    Theme: 
    Transportation
    Rules

    Writing Topic

    I would have liked to have lived during this time.

    Level: 
    Grade 6
    Grade 7
    Grade 8
    Mode: 
    Explanatory Writing
    Research Writing
    Form: 
    Explanatory Paragraph
    Personal Essay
    Explanatory Essay
    Research Report
    Theme: 
    History
    Community
    Life

    Writing Topic

    One thing I want to do by the time I leave 8th grade

    Level: 
    Grade 6
    Grade 7
    Grade 8
    Mode: 
    Explanatory Writing
    Form: 
    Explanatory Paragraph
    Personal Essay
    Explanatory Essay
    Theme: 
    Goals
    Life
    Education
    Self

    Writing Topic

    How I can change the way I look

    Level: 
    Grade 6
    Grade 7
    Grade 8
    Mode: 
    Explanatory Writing
    Form: 
    Explanatory Paragraph
    Personal Essay
    Explanatory Essay
    Theme: 
    Life
    People
    Fashion

    Writing Topic

    Can farmers grow enough food for everyone?

    Level: 
    Grade 6
    Grade 7
    Grade 8
    Mode: 
    Explanatory Writing
    Research Writing
    Form: 
    Explanatory Paragraph
    Explanatory Essay
    Research Report
    Theme: 
    Food
    Science
    Technology

    Writing Topic

    How I picture myself four years from now

    Level: 
    Grade 6
    Grade 7
    Grade 8
    Mode: 
    Explanatory Writing
    Form: 
    Explanatory Paragraph
    Personal Essay
    Explanatory Essay
    Theme: 
    Life
    Future

    Writing Topic

    What a house of the future might look like

    Level: 
    Grade 6
    Grade 7
    Grade 8
    Mode: 
    Explanatory Writing
    Research Writing
    Form: 
    Explanatory Paragraph
    Description
    Explanatory Essay
    Research Report
    Theme: 
    Science
    Future
    Technology
    Energy

    Writing Topic

    The wildest hairstyle I have ever seen

    Level: 
    Grade 6
    Grade 7
    Grade 8
    Mode: 
    Explanatory Writing
    Form: 
    Explanatory Paragraph
    Description
    Explanatory Essay
    Theme: 
    People
    Fashion

    Writing Topic

    A game that meant a lot to my childhood

    Level: 
    Grade 6
    Grade 7
    Grade 8
    Mode: 
    Explanatory Writing
    Narrative Writing
    Form: 
    Explanatory Paragraph
    Personal Essay
    Explanatory Essay
    Narrative Paragraph
    Personal Narrative
    Theme: 
    Life
    Play
    Family
    Friends
    Home
    Fun
    Recreation
    Sports

    Writing Topic

    A toy I've held onto all these years

    Level: 
    Grade 6
    Grade 7
    Grade 8
    Mode: 
    Explanatory Writing
    Narrative Writing
    Form: 
    Explanatory Paragraph
    Personal Essay
    Explanatory Essay
    Narrative Paragraph
    Personal Narrative
    Theme: 
    Life
    Play
    Family

    Writing Topic

    If I could be someone else, I would be . . .

    Level: 
    Grade 6
    Grade 7
    Grade 8
    Mode: 
    Explanatory Writing
    Form: 
    Explanatory Paragraph
    Personal Essay
    Explanatory Essay
    Theme: 
    Life
    Friends
    Goals
    Self

    Writing Topic

    My bedroom from top to bottom

    Level: 
    Grade 6
    Grade 7
    Grade 8
    Mode: 
    Explanatory Writing
    Form: 
    Explanatory Paragraph
    Description
    Explanatory Essay
    Theme: 
    Life
    Family
    Home

    Writing Topic

    I'm principal for the day. Here is my schedule.

    Level: 
    Grade 6
    Grade 7
    Grade 8
    Mode: 
    Explanatory Writing
    Form: 
    Explanatory Paragraph
    Explanatory Essay
    Instructions
    Theme: 
    Education
    Work
    Rules

    Writing Topic

    My chores

    Level: 
    Grade 6
    Grade 7
    Grade 8
    Mode: 
    Explanatory Writing
    Form: 
    Explanatory Paragraph
    Explanatory Essay
    How-To
    Theme: 
    Rules
    Work
    Family
    Home

    Writing Topic

    Here's what a new student needs to know

    Level: 
    Grade 6
    Grade 7
    Grade 8
    Mode: 
    Explanatory Writing
    Form: 
    Explanatory Paragraph
    Explanatory Essay
    How-To
    Theme: 
    Rules
    Life
    Education
    Community

    Writing Topic

    Overcoming health problems

    Level: 
    Grade 6
    Grade 7
    Grade 8
    Mode: 
    Creative Writing
    Explanatory Writing
    Narrative Writing
    Form: 
    News Feature
    Narrative Paragraph
    Personal Narrative
    Story
    Play
    Poem
    Theme: 
    Health
    Medicine
    Life

    Writing Topic

    How I would define the word . . .

    Level: 
    Grade 6
    Grade 7
    Grade 8
    Mode: 
    Explanatory Writing
    Form: 
    Definition
    Theme: 
    Education
    Language

    Writing Topic

    We got caught!

    Level: 
    Grade 6
    Grade 7
    Grade 8
    Mode: 
    Creative Writing
    Narrative Writing
    Form: 
    Narrative Paragraph
    Personal Narrative
    Story
    Play
    Poem
    Theme: 
    Friends
    Life
    Rules

    Writing Topic

    We couldn't stop laughing!

    Level: 
    Grade 6
    Grade 7
    Grade 8
    Mode: 
    Creative Writing
    Narrative Writing
    Form: 
    Narrative Paragraph
    Personal Narrative
    Story
    Play
    Poem
    Theme: 
    Friends
    Play
    Life

    Writing Topic

    Summer in a cabin by a lake

    Level: 
    Grade 6
    Grade 7
    Grade 8
    Mode: 
    Narrative Writing
    Form: 
    Narrative Paragraph
    Personal Narrative
    Theme: 
    Life
    Play
    Family

    Writing Topic

    The worst food I ever ate

    Level: 
    Grade 6
    Grade 7
    Grade 8
    Mode: 
    Narrative Writing
    Persuasive Writing
    Form: 
    Narrative Paragraph
    Personal Narrative
    Opinion Essay
    Theme: 
    Food
    Health
    Medicine
    Life

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