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 –
Changing Impressions through Visualization
Every time we take something in – whether it be a story, a classic film, a pop T.V. show, a poem, a song, or a conversation – we have an opportunity to learn, grow, and change, to add to our sum of knowledge, thought, and experience. Those changes can occur subtly on a subconscious level, or we can heighten our awareness of them metacognitively. Engaging in metacognition empowers one to strengthen the positive impacts of any input while diminishing the negative impacts. Some people may think they remain mentally and emotionally fixed and unaltered regardless of their experiences; however, they merely do not realize the changes taking place within themselves because they do not engage in metacognition – thinking about thinking itself.
So consider how viewing a script in performance adds a depth of understanding that does not come from merely reading it. Through either repetition or merely from witnessing the performance of the script, list at least three specific ways (provide three or more examples) in which your understanding of Shaw's play or one of its themes has improved, deepened, or otherwise changed? Explain what you thought of a character, theme, or any other aspect of the play before viewing the performance, and explain your impressions after viewing the performance.
If your impressions and understandings remain rigid and unchanging, ask yourself, "why?" and thoroughly explain what keeps you from adding to your depth of knowledge, understanding, and experience.