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Can you help me with a writing prompt for middle schoolers?

I am thinking about using an article from Time for Kids Magazine about illegal immigration and the students can write anything they want. The grade will come from grammar and usage. Any other ideas to get the kids to write?

I nearly started a riot in a sixth grade classroom when I asked the students, “What do you think of your school lunch?” Within 10 minutes, they were making petitions to have the lunch program changes to be healthier. They were so captivated.

I was also in another middle school classroom where the students had written fantastic essays called “Those who don’t know .” They each picked a topic they loved (say football) and wrote an essay that formatted as follows:
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The Assignment – Copy Change

Students are to write their own “Those Who Don’t.” The essay should be about a place where they feel comfortable, but where others may not feel comfortable. It should also include information about a place where they feel uncomfortable. The following phrases should be included in the three paragraph essay:

Those who don’t know any better ……. They think ….. They think ….. They are stupid people who…..

Be we aren’t afraid …..

….our knees go shakity shake ….. Yeah. That’s how it goes and goes.

I hope this helps!
more about the assignment at: http://wonders.eburg.wednet.edu/Morgan/ThoseWhoDont.htm

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