Topic Ideas -Anything that says "Describe" is okay for P-1 or E-1.
1. Describe a toy from your childhood that you still treasure.
2. What is some simple thing people can do right now to make this world (or their city or neighborhood) a better place? Why? What will or does this thing accomplish or solve?
3. Describe a piece of clothing that reveals the real “you.”
4. Explain how a piece of advice changed your life. Who gave the advice? What was said? How did your life change as a result?
5. Describe a place that you have visited that disappointed you.
6. Discuss a television show that promotes a wholesome value. What is the show? What is the value? How does the show promote that value?
7. Or, define wholesome, or, define value.
8. Describe an unusual hobby that you or someone you know has.
9. Relate an event that turned out differently than you expected.
10. Discuss a personality trait you would like to change about yourself. What is it and why would you like to change it?
11. Discuss one feature of college that you particularly enjoy and why.
12. Think about your home. What is some place or part of your house you never want anyone to see? For example, a closet, your garage, your attic, a spare room, the inside of your refrigerator, your medicine cabinet.
13. Have you ever changed your mind about some important issue or belief? What is it and how did your opinion change? Explain what brought about the change.
14. Are first impressions the best or worst means of judging people? From your experience, cite specific examples that explain your answer.
15. Write a letter to yourself during a significant time of your life. What hindsight advice would you give yourself? Compare your life now and what your life would have been had you heeded the advice.
16. Have you ever taken a risk that paid off? If so, what was that risk and how did it pay off?
17. Discuss how failure to keep your mouth shut has led you into trouble.
18. Define what is meant by a particular slang or popular culture expression. For example what does it mean to be “cool?”
19. What is a fear that you have that prevents you from living the life you want to live?
20. Look at the behavior of adults in some venue, such as in a movie theater, in a restaurant, in the grocery store, at a little league game, etc. and categorize the types of annoying behaviors you find.
21. Have you ever made a radical change in your appearance? Discuss what brought about the change and/or what effects the change has had on your life.
22. Define a commonly accepted word and what it means to you, a word such as “pet.”
23. Relate a time that you attempted to do a good deed but instead of producing a beneficial result, it ended up backfiring on you.
24. Are you a rebel or a conformist? Define the terms and describe how you match the definition.
25. Choose a task or activity and explain the steps in successfully accomplishing it.
26. In what way(s) are you (or someone you know) like one or more other members of your (or their) family: physically, emotionally, mentally, etc. Or, how are you (or they) unlike the family?
27. Define a bad habit.
28. Compare and/or contrast two celebrations of the same holiday.
29. Compare and/or contrast two or more of the readings from this class.
30. Compare and/or contrast the views of two politicians on the same issue.
31. What is a charity or organization that people should donate money to? What problem do they solve? Why should people donate their money to this organization?
32. What is a problem in today’s society that you think people are not taking seriously enough? Explain the importance of the problem and why people should be concerned about it. Propose a solution.
Topics for Argument/Persuasion
33. Mandatory on-the-job drug tests should/should not be allowed.
34. Internet pornography should/should not be regulated.
35. Televised instant replays should/should not be used to call plays in sports.
36. Marijuana should/should not be legalized.
37. The death penalty should/should not be used.
38. Physician-assisted suicide should/should not be legalized for terminally ill patients.
39. Previously convicted child molesters should/should not be required to register with local police.
40. Organ donors should/should not be allowed to receive financial compensations.
41. Birth parents should/should not be allowed to reclaim babies after children have been released for adoption.
42. Herbal remedies should/should not be regulated by the FDA.
43. Freedom of speech should/should not be restricted on college campuses.
44. Medical clinics should/should not be required to notify parents when minors receive birth control.
45. The “no-child left behind” law should/should not be continued.
46. Stem cell research should/should not be limited or forbidden.
THE POSSIBILITIES ARE LIMITLESS-Beware of off-limits topics.
Tuesday, August 25, 2009
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