Midterm Exam Writing Practice

For this practice assignment, choose one of the essential questions from our units this year and write a response. Your response should be well-organized, contain complex sentences, and include a variety of structures. Incorporate examples from class activities to demonstrate your understanding of the course content.

Choose one of the following prompts to address the essential questions.

Write a letter to a career counselor in which you describe your ideal job and why it would be the best job for you to have a good quality of life. Address the question: How do different societies define quality of life?

Imagine you are a recent college graduate. Write an entry in your journal in which you describe your life and discuss your quality of life. Address the question: How do different societies define quality of life?

Write an article for a magazine in which you describe the quality of life of a city or country in order to attract tourists to visit or people to move there. Address the question: How do different societies define quality of life?

Imagine you are living in Chile in 1988 and are working with the NO campaign. Write a letter to one of your neighbors and convince them to vote NO by describing how the quality of life in Chile will change if democracy is restored in your country. Address the question: How do different societies define quality of life?

Imagine you are living in exile as a result of the dictatorship in Uruguay. Write an entry in your journal in which you describe your quality of life. Address the question: How do different societies define quality of life?

Imagine you are working for a company that is developing cloning technologies. Write a description of your work for the company website’s “About Us” page in which you explain the work you are doing and how it will benefit people. Address the question: How do developments in science and technology affect our lives?

Write a dialogue between two people who have different views about a controversial technology. Address the question: How do developments in science and technology affect our lives?

Write an article in which you describe how an invention has changed your quality of life or the quality of life of people in general (for better or worse). Address the question: How do developments in science and technology affect our lives?

Write a letter to some wealthy investors in which you ask for money to create a prototype for an invention you have created. Explain the invention and how it would impact the quality of life of people. Address the question: How do developments in science and technology affect our lives?

Explain an invention that you wish existed and how it would improve your quality of life. Address the question: How do developments in science and technology affect our lives?

Invent your own prompt that addresses one of the essential questions. Make sure to clearly state which question you are addressing.