Stages of planningSLACH FOR A GREAT BODY PARAGRAPH

Webbing

Sample Expository Prompt 1

•READ the following quote.“Survival requires us to leave our prejudices at home. It’s about doing whatever it takes—and ultimately those with the biggest heart will win.” --Bear Grylls

• THINK carefully about the following statement. What is whatever it takes? When do we know when to draw the line?

•WRITE an essay explaining what it takes to be a survivor.

Here is a sample! WRITE an essay explaining what it takes to be a survivor.

SURVIVOR

courage

strength

intelligence

patience calm

hope

faith

resilience

Fighter, powerlifter

Prison break

Person who is left at sea must try many different ways. Quitting means dying.

If you believe you can beat cancer, you have a better chance.

If you believe you can get the job to feed your family, you have a better chance.

Zoo worker who accidentally gets locked inside the lion’s cage.

Rosa Parks had the courage to sit on a bus.

Hostage situation—must wait for the right time to run.

S L A C H

SLACH FOR A GREAT

BODY PARAGRAPH

Science/Math

Literature/Movies

Arts/MusicCurrent Events

History

Sample Expository Prompt 1

•READ the following quote.“Survival requires us to leave our prejudices at home. It’s about doing whatever it takes—and ultimately those with the biggest heart will win.” --Bear Grylls

• THINK carefully about the following statement. What is whatever it takes? When do we know when to draw the line?

•WRITE an essay explaining what it takes to be a survivor.

SCIENCE & MATH

LITERATURE & MOVIES

ARTS & MUSICCURRENT EVENTS

HISTORY REASON #1

SLACH FOR A GREAT BODY PARAGRAPH

TOPIC: Explain what it takes to be a survivor.

Courage

-Medical Doctors-Finance

-Maya Angelou: “Still I Rise”-Hunger Games: Katniss

-Street artists: graffiti-Ed Sheeran: lived out of his car-Tina Turner: left abusive husband

-Visit from the pope: criminals, homeless people, modest accommodations

-Refugees

-MLK-Anne Frank-First colonists-Texas separating from Mexico

Bansky Street Art

Bansky Street Art

Sample Expository Prompt 2

•READ the following quote.• Even if you're on the right track, you'll get run over if you just sit

there. ~Will Rogers

• THINK carefully about the following statement. Success comes from hard work. If you are not willing to work for what you want, then you will probably never achieve it.

•WRITE an essay explaining why hard work is necessary to be successful.

SCIENCE & MATH

LITERATURE & MOVIES

ARTS & MUSIC

CURRENT EVENTS

HISTORY REASON #1

SLACH FOR A GREAT BODY PARAGRAPH

TOPIC: Explain why hard work is necessary to be successful.You try!

Sample Expository Prompt 3

• READ the following quote.• "The man who does not read good books has no advantage over the

man who cannot read them.” ~ Mark Twain

• THINK carefully about the following statement. Reading is the most important skill a person can learn. People who are able to read well are much more likely to be successful than people who can not.• WRITE an essay explaining why reading is such an important skill to

develop.

SCIENCE & MATH

LITERATURE & MOVIES

ARTS & MUSIC

CURRENT EVENTS

HISTORY REASON #1

SLACH FOR A GREAT BODY PARAGRAPH

TOPIC: Explain why reading is such an important skill to develop.

Sample Expository Prompt 4

• READ the following quote.“There are two primary choices in life: to accept conditions as they exist, or accept the responsibility for changing them.” --Denis Waitley

• "THINK carefully about the following statement. When do we know when to make a change or accept what we have?

• WRITE an essay explaining how choices can impact the future.

You try! WRITE an essay explaining how choices can affect the future.

Choices

You try!

SCIENCE & MATH

LITERATURE & MOVIES

ARTS & MUSIC

CURRENT EVENTS

HISTORY REASON #1

Use your SLACH handout!

TOPIC: Explain how choices can impact the future.