Home | How It Works | Stats Login | Register         Case: Make it realistic even though it is not real Mrs. Brown gave her 8th grade students the following writing prompt from the released Ga Writing Test Prompts: Writing Situation The cafeteria manager in your school has noticed that many students throw away most of their lunches. She is concerned about this problem and would like to make changes in the menu based on what teenagers like to eat. Directions for Writing Decide how you would change the menu. Write a letter to the cafeteria manager to convince her that your changes will appeal to the teenagers in the school and reduce lunchroom waste. The student cannot understand how to write on this prompt because he likes the lunchroom food. The teacher has walked him through the prompt and has explained that sometimes when we can't relate to a prompt, we have to make something up. This still confuses the student. Can you offer any suggestions to Mrs. Brown? Solution: (Rates are posted for this solution!) I would ask the student to think of the nastiest food that he has ever tasted or to think of the meal that his mom prepares that he dislikes. Now imagine that this meal was being served in the lunchroom cafeteria today. That would be one way to explain the prompt.                 Rating The suggested solution is respectful of the individual (student) Yes The suggested solution is relevant to the case Yes The suggested solution is reasonable (easy) for the teacher to implement Yes The suggested solution is likely to solve the problem/issue Yes The suggested solution is original Yes Comments: I think this would help the student understand the prompt. If they think of the food they dislike they can get an idea of the food they do like and write about that. Rated On: October 20, 2014 1:37 am Rated By: dePyja