200 words about ???

Pick a topic, any topic as long as it is school appropriate.  Write at least 200 words in complete sentences in at least 3 paragraphs.  Make it interesting or dramatic or funny or thought provoking or all of those things.  Don't make it boring.  You are to write this yourself (original writing).  Do not include writing done by someone else.  Include pictures (at least 2) and a link(s) if it relates to your writing.  Title the blog post something that relates to what you are writing about.

Here are some different kinds of writing that would work for this assignment.

Modes of Writing

(Adapted from the Oregon Department of education Spring 1991)

Narrative: recounts a personal experience based on something which really happened (or might really have happened). All details work together in an integrated way to create a complete story with beginning, middle, and end.

Expository: gives information, explains something, clarifies, or defines. The writing teaches, reveals, informs, or entertains the reader's understanding through a carefully crafted mix of key points and critical support.

Persuasive: attempts to convince the reader that a point of view is valid or to persuade the reader to take a specific action. It is based on a topic that is limited in scope, and that is debatable-a topic about which there could be more than one point of view. Persuasive differs from expository writing in that it does more than explain; it also takes a stand and tries to persuade the reader to take that same stand.

Literary Analysis/Book Reports/Movie Review: a personal response to literature (film), may be formal or informal depending on the assignment.

Descriptive/Sensory: presents an object, feelings, a place, or a person in a way that creates a vivid impression in the reader's mind, enabling the reader to readily picture what the writer is talking about.

Imaginative: invents a situation or story based on the writer's imagination. The writer may create a scene, situation or character, may predict what might happen under hypothetical circumstances, or use his/her creativity to solve a hypothetical problem.