Bite Size Writing Assignment: The First Day of School

This week have your student(s) write a paragraph or two about the first day of school. Perhaps the calendar was turned to September 3 on the first day or school began sometime in August. Whenever your student(s) returned to school, encourage a journal page about it.

This assignment is suitable for most grades (very young students may need a bit more help) and can be very short or rather long. Take a look at both versions below:

Very Short

Have your student take out a piece of paper or a journal and a writing tool. Instruct the student(s) to write a paragraph or two about the first day of school. If they need a writing prompt or two, have them choose from the following list:

• Was it hard to get up early?
• Did you get to school on time?
• What was your first subject of the day?
• What was your favorite subject of the day?
• What do you hope to learn about this year?
• Did anything funny happen on the first day of school?
• Did  you get all of your assignments done?

Rather Long

Using the same writing prompts listed above, have your student(s) write a full page for this assignment. After a first draft is complete, read the assignment and make notes regarding any grammatical or spelling errors. Also pay attention to how each sentence flows and if there is a good, strong start to the piece as well as an appropriate closing sentence.

Have your student(s) rewrite the assignment as a final draft.