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Writing Expert Pre-Writing Strategy - Analyzing Prompts & Writing Samples - ELA
Writing Expert Pre-Writing Strategy - Analyzing Prompts & Writing Samples - ELA
Writing Expert Pre-Writing Strategy - Analyzing Prompts & Writing Samples - ELA
Writing Expert Pre-Writing Strategy - Analyzing Prompts & Writing Samples - ELA
Writing Expert Pre-Writing Strategy - Analyzing Prompts & Writing Samples - ELA
Writing Expert Pre-Writing Strategy - Analyzing Prompts & Writing Samples - ELA
Writing Expert Pre-Writing Strategy - Analyzing Prompts & Writing Samples - ELA
Writing Expert Pre-Writing Strategy - Analyzing Prompts & Writing Samples - ELA
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Do your students struggle with understanding what a writing prompt is asking them to do? Are you looking for a way to have your students be responsible for creating the criteria for an exemplar writing response? I have created this two step guide that is based on the steps that I have used in my own classroom to help students better understand what a writing prompt is asking them to do and having students analyze writing samples to determine the criteria for their writing response.

This guide will help teachers to determine student understanding of the writing prompt and correct any misconceptions BEFORE students begin writing. After students have identified what the prompt is asking them to do, they will analyze strong and weak writing samples to identify the characteristics of writing in each sample. This will help students determine what criteria their own response needs to include to be a strong writing response.


Created by Stephanie M. Icenogle, The Creative Classroom © 2013; updated ©2023

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Writing Expert Pre-Writing Strategy - Analyzing Prompts & Writing Samples - ELA

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Description

Do your students struggle with understanding what a writing prompt is asking them to do? Are you looking for a way to have your students be responsible for creating the criteria for an exemplar writing response? I have created this two step guide that is based on the steps that I have used in my own classroom to help students better understand what a writing prompt is asking them to do and having students analyze writing samples to determine the criteria for their writing response.

This guide will help teachers to determine student understanding of the writing prompt and correct any misconceptions BEFORE students begin writing. After students have identified what the prompt is asking them to do, they will analyze strong and weak writing samples to identify the characteristics of writing in each sample. This will help students determine what criteria their own response needs to include to be a strong writing response.


Created by Stephanie M. Icenogle, The Creative Classroom © 2013; updated ©2023

All rights reserved by author.

Permission to copy for single classroom use only.

Electronic distribution limited to single classroom use only.


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Rated 4.87 out of 5, based on 45 reviews
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Sara A.
101 reviews • Florida
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Rated 5 out of 5
October 6, 2025
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This was a great resource for my students to analyze prompts more closely before writing.
Jennifer S.
10 reviews • Pennsylvania
Grades taught: 5th
Student populations: Learning difficulties
Great Resource
Rated 5 out of 5
September 1, 2025
Met expectations
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I used this with my writing class in my resource room.
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272 reviews • Michigan
Grades taught: 6th, 7th, 8th
Student populations: Learning difficulties, Mild to severe disabilities
Amazing For Analyzing Prompts
Rated 5 out of 5
August 17, 2025
My second graders started this last week! This was a perfect way to prep them for writing!
Tammy L.
321 reviews • California
Grades taught: 2nd
Nice resource for both introduction and review of how to analyze a prompt.
Rated 5 out of 5
August 5, 2025
Met expectations
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This resource was already finished and made my job easier because I didn't need to design any of the pages for my students.
Aimee S.
187 reviews
Grades taught: 5th
Rated 5 out of 5
July 16, 2025
Great activity to use with struggling writers and reluctant learners.
Jamie L.
445 reviews
Grades taught: 7th
Rated 4 out of 5
April 24, 2025
Great resource to have in your bag of tricks. Easy to understand and use.
Michelle R.
212 reviews
Grades taught: 7th
Rated 5 out of 5
April 6, 2025
My goal was to get my students to want to write. This activity was quick and simmple for them to use. They really enjoyed it. Will use it next year for my journalism class too.
Ruth H.
16 reviews
Grades taught: 8th

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