Writing Topics

1. Tell how you met your best friend.

2. Describe your favorite place.

3. List the most important qualities in a good teacher.

4. Tell about your first day in the United States.

5. “Things I should have done”

6. “Things I would Rather forget”

7. “A day I would like to relive”

8. List five jobs you think would be interesting to have and why.

9. Write your reflections about growing old.

10. Describe your favorite food.

11. Describe a family tradition.

12. What member of your family has had the biggest impact on your life and why?

13. What things are you thankful for?

14. Describe an object that has special meaning to you.

15. How will learning a second language help you in the future?

16. Tell about something interesting that happened in the news recently and give your reaction.

17. Describe the qualities of a good student.

18. Describe the most difficult time in your life and what you learned from it.

19. Make a list of the things you miss about your home town or your home country.

20. Write your obituary.

21. Write an unsent letter.

22. Write a list of people that you’ve loved.

23. Write a list of items in your backpack or purse.

24. Describe your first memories as a child.

25. Write a dialogue with __________________ (the negative voices in my life, my bad knees, the ants in my kitchen, etc.)

26. Write a list of everything in your refrigerator before you go shopping.

27. Write a list of everything in your refrigerator after you go shopping.

28. Write a list of all the teachers you ever had.

29. Write a list that begins, “How my life would be different if I had…”

30. Write a list of ten good things about the city that you live in.

31. Write about some “first.” (First car, first kiss, first accident, first broken bone, first crush, etc.)

32. Write your definition of success.

33. Write about an embarrassing moment in your life.

34. If you could choose any three famous people, dead or alive, to be your guests at a small dinner party, whom would you choose and why?

35. Tell me about one of your favorite people. Why do you like them so much? What do they do for you? What do you do for them?

36. What is your favorite flower? Why? What color is it? What does it smell like?

37. Tell me about your house, apartment, etc. that you live in. Does it have a yard? What is it like?

38. Describe your Saturdays.

39. Do you have a favorite family member? What makes them such a great person?

40. What are some places that you have been to? Tell me a little about them.

41. Are you the oldest, youngest, middle or only child? What is it like in that position? What are some good and bad things about being where you are?

42. What is your favorite book? What is it about? What do you like about reading books?

43. Tell a little about one of your family members.

44. If someone gave you 13 million dollars, what would you do with the money and why?

45. What is the hardest thing you have ever had to do?

46. Describe the perfect summer day.

47. Picture what you would like your future to be like. Tell about what you would like to be doing.

48. Tell me about a typical trip to the grocery store.

49. What is your idea of happiness?

50. If you were a parent, how would you give your child self-confidence?

51. What is your goal in life? How are you planning to achieve it?

52. Describe your dream home. What would your room be like? Write about each one of them and the characteristics that make them unique.

53. What is your favorite time of the day? Do you look forward to it? Why?

54. Who are the members of your family and what are they like? Write about each one of them and the characteristics that make them unique.

55. Where would you like to go on a vacation if you could go anywhere?

56. Who are the members of your family and what are they like? Write about each one of them and the characteristics that make them unique.

57. Where would you like to go on a vacation if you could go anywhere? Why? What is there?

58. Describe the perfect fantasy day. Where would you go? What would you do?

59. Convince me that your hometown is the ultimate vacation destination.

60. Write about an unforgettable teacher.

61. Write a list of the happiest or best moments of your life.

62. Write a list of things that irritate you.

63. Write a list of friends you’ve had.

64. Write a list of your fears.

65. List three things that you’re probably better at then anyone else in this room.

66. List ten places you’d like to visit in our world or out of our world