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!) When coaching students ahead of time, it might be appropriate to tell them to consider the prompts as fictional, if they do not apply. If they do not relate to the prompt, they should imagine that it does, and write as if they are writing a creative writing assignment.