Clear Purposes: Daily writing prompts help build the ability to respond to questions, and they help writers get their ideas down. Over the course of time, they build writing fluency and proficiency as well.

Clear Targets: Please give serious consideration to the prompt, doing so will highlight connections in the text we're reading. Please use all of the time provided – keep writing even when you think you're out of ideas. Remember, writing is a thinking process; the more you write, the more you think! Although I do not assess daily writing responses for conventions, use them to practice your skills – try to write in complete sentences (avoid fragments, run-ons, and comma-splices) and develop other good habits (e.g., legible handwriting, capitalization, punctuation).

WP - Identity Construction - Internal or External? Choice or Fate?

What aspects of your identity come from within you and what aspects do external forces (e.g., cultural construction from parents, friends, media, community) determine? Consider making a gingerbread person diagram and list those things inside and around it that make you, you. Recall a time when you made a conscious decision to alter your identity. Recall a time when you believe your identity changed due to forces beyond your control. What do you think Shakespeare’s play Twelfth Night implies about personal identity, gender identity, and external perceptions of one’s identity as compared to how we see ourselves?