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Community parks, state parks, and national parks provide a wide variety of interesting activities. Write about an enjoyable way to spend time outdoors. Using specific details and examples, explain why someone might find that activity enjoyable.

• Do you like parks?

• What is an enjoyable way to spend time outdoors?

• What activities do you like?

• What activities do you do with your friends?

Answer explanation

Community parks, state parks, and national parks provide a wide variety of interesting activities. Write about an enjoyable way to spend time outdoors. Using specific details and examples, explain why someone might find that activity enjoyable.

When people ask for advice, they sometimes talk to more than one person. Explain why seeking multiple opinions can help someone make a better choice. Use specific details and examples in your response.

• Should you listen to others opinion?

• Do you take advice?

• What is the best advice you were ever given?

• Is it beneficial to ask more than one person for their opinion?

Answer explanation

When people ask for advice, they sometimes talk to more than one person. Explain why seeking multiple opinions can help someone make a better choice. Use specific details and examples in your response.

People often credit their successes to having good attitudes. Explain the benefits of having a good attitude, even during a difficult time. Provide examples from your own experience or from having witnessed this in others.

• Have you ever had a difficult time?

• How do you become successful?

• Are there benefits to having a good attitude?

• How do you help someone with a bad attitude?

Answer explanation

People often credit their successes to having good attitudes. Explain the benefits of having a good attitude, even during a difficult time. Provide examples from your own experience or from having witnessed this in others.

Competition is a constant presence in today’s schools, where students not only compete with one another in the classroom but also in sports and in various extracurricular activities. Explain how competition can improve life or make it more difficult for students. Use specific details and examples in your response.

• Is competition a positive or negative thing for students?

• Have you ever been in a competition at school?

• What makes life more difficult for students?

• What competitions happen at school?

Answer explanation

Competition is a constant presence in today’s schools, where students not only compete with one another in the classroom but also in sports and in various extracurricular activities. Explain how competition can improve life or make it more difficult for students. Use specific details and examples in your response.

Students often learn how to budget their time in order to complete important tasks and still have time for themselves. Explain how learning to budget time is an important skill for students. Use specific details and examples in your response.

• Why is learning how to manage your time important for students?

• How does a student make a budget?

• What are the important tasks that students have?

• What do you do when you have time for yourself?

Answer explanation

Students often learn how to budget their time in order to complete important tasks and still have time for themselves. Explain how learning to budget time is an important skill for students. Use specific details and examples in your response.

Many teachers assign group projects. Sometimes, however, an uncooperative member can affect the entire group. Argue for or against the use of group projects using specific details and examples.

• Have you ever had a group project?

• Have you ever had an uncooperative group member?

• Why are group projects a positive or negative thing?

• Do teachers assign group projects?

Answer explanation

Many teachers assign group projects. Sometimes, however, an uncooperative member can affect the entire group. Argue for or against the use of group projects using specific details and examples.

The ancient Greek storyteller Aesop said, “No act of kindness, no matter how small, is ever wasted.” Explain how small acts of kindness can have an impact on others. Use specific details and examples in your response.

• How can small acts of kindness impact others?

• Is it good to be kind?

• What are some ways you can be kind?

• Was Aesop correct?

Answer explanation

The ancient Greek storyteller Aesop said, “No act of kindness, no matter how small, is ever wasted.” Explain how small acts of kindness can have an impact on others. Use specific details and examples in your response.

Some people believe owning a pet is important, while others do not. Using specific details and examples to support your position, argue for or against owning a pet.

• Do you think that owning a pet is important?

• Do you have a pet?

• What kind of pet do you want?

• Should everyone have a dog?

Answer explanation

Some people believe owning a pet is important, while others do not. Using specific details and examples to support your position, argue for or against owning a pet.

People sometimes say that failure can eventually lead to success. Do you agree or disagree with this statement? Use specific examples to convince others to support your position.

• Have you ever failed?

• What do you need to be successful?

• Do you agree or disagree that failure can lead to success?

• What are some ways that a student can fail but be successful?

Answer explanation

People sometimes say that failure can eventually lead to success. Do you agree or disagree with this statement? Use specific examples to convince others to support your position.

Think about how daily life, from reading to playing games to communicating with others, has changed over the past hundred years because of technology. Using specific details and examples, explain how these advancements in technology have changed daily life.

• What technology do you use everyday?

• How has communication changed over time?

• How has technology changed daily life?

• What are your favorite pieces of technology?

Answer explanation

Think about how daily life, from reading to playing games to communicating with others, has changed over the past hundred years because of technology. Using specific details and examples, explain how these advancements in technology have changed daily life.