The following sites provide ideas for topics that students can use in creative and argumentative / persuasive texts or discussions. If you are a student, you may wish to choose one of these topics to submit a formative essay. If you are an educator, there are plenty of topics to choose from for your students:
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Creative: here are several creative writing prompts that are intended to provide inspiration and ideas for poetry, writing, journaling, and more. |
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Creative: need an idea to help you get started writing? You'll find hundreds of fun writing prompts here - perfect for beginning a new novel or short story, or simply giving your writing muscle a workout. |
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181 Possible Polemic ESL Writing Composition Topics [download] ★★★★☆ |
Argumentative / Polemic on a personal level: what I mean here by "personal" is that these topics might be less academic in nature and require less research. They'll still require student research, just less. Download this .PDF file. There are so many choices here that there is surely something here that will please everyone. |
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New York Times - 401 Prompts for Argumentative Writing ★★★★★ |
Argumentative / Polemic: this is a quality list from the New York Times. |
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New York Times - 650 Prompts for Narrative and Personal Writing ★★★★★ |
Argumentative / Polemic: this is a quality list from the New York Times. |
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Argumentative / Polemic: the site states that it lists possible arguments for one side next to possible arguments against. These arguments aren’t created by one person, but by like-minded individuals collaborating to form the strongest case. This allows people both to easily compare the pros and cons and also to come to a decision safe in the knowledge they have the best information to hand. There are a few things that I like about this site: the range of topics is impressive and some of the footwork has already been done. Teachers can easily create flashcards for groups of people with some ideas to get the creative juices flowing. |
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Argumentative / Polemic: similar to DebateWise, above. I didn't find the site as aesthetic or user-friendly as DebateWise. |
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Icebreakers: Interesting topics include conversation starts to break the ice or for team/class building, "would you rather 'this or that'" questions, "this or that" questions. |
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List of Debate Topics - Hugh Fox ★★★★★
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Social Topics: For courses that focus on social and cultural issues, this site provides 300 debate topics. |
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Daniels Fund Ethics Initiative - The University of New Mexico ★★★★★
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Business Ethics: There are some great resources and questions here--examine the menu on the left-hand side of the site and look for "cases," "debate issues," "PowerPoint presentations," "simulations," and "classroom exercises." |
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