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.

Please give serious consideration to the prompt, doing so will highlight connections in the texts we read. 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., capitalization, punctuation)

Writing Prompt – Language Use, Perception, Judgment

What do you do or how do you react when someone uses words or expressions, in a language you speak, but which you don’t understand? Please explain elaborately. What do you do or how do you react when you read unfamiliar words or language structures that are in a language you generally understand.

Do you judge others by the way they speak? How? List several examples. Do judgments also apply to other uses of language? In other words, do you think people judge you, and do you judge others, due to the ability to communicate ideas either verbally or in writing?

How many North American English accents can you identify? List some of them. Do you believe you have an accent? How is it labeled? Do you believe other people judge you by your accent or the vocabulary you either use or do not use? How so (positively or negatively)?