Mock Practice: 10 Writing Prompts with Model Answers
Practise like the real thing: choose a prompt, time yourself, self-mark quickly, then reflect and improve.
Timing Templates
- 20 minutes: 3 plan / 14 write / 3 edit
- 25 minutes: 3 plan / 18 write / 4 edit
- 30 minutes: 4 plan / 22 write / 4 edit
10 Prompts (mix of forms)
- Letter: Convince your headteacher to create a new club.
- Speech: Argue for more green spaces in towns.
- Discursive: Should homework be reduced in primary schools?
- Article: Explain how to stay safe online.
- Persuasive: Ban/allow mobile phones in schools.
- Story: Start with "The door creaked open and…"
- Description: A market early in the morning.
- Discursive: School uniforms—benefits and drawbacks.
- Letter: Ask your council to improve local transport.
- Story: A sudden power cut on a stormy night.
Model Outline (example)
Prompt: "Discursive—reduce homework?" → Plan: FOR (rest, clubs, focus) / AGAINST (practice, independence); conclusion: keep small, purposeful tasks.
Mini Marking Rubric (quick)
- Task: right audience, purpose, and form
- Structure: clear paragraphs and flow
- Language: appropriate tone, varied sentences, precise words
- SPaG: punctuation, capitals, homophones
Reflection
- 1 strength, 1 target, 1 specific next step
- Highlight one improved sentence after editing