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Writing to Learn: Sample Assignments

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Intro to Chemistry: Creative Micro-Theme Assignment

Purpose: To understand the physical states or phases of matter and intermolecular forces (especially hydrogen bonding).  

Point  of View: A water molecule.

Audience: Other water molecules 

History: Homework Assignment

For  homework,  students write  a one-­paragraph-­length question to be turned in at  the beginning of each class period. Questions make up 20 percent of the course grade and will be evaluated according to quality of thought and appropriateness for stimulating  class discussion.

*Lee  Robinson,  Jeff Keith,  Jenny Pulsipher,  Brian Harker, and  Suzanne Hendrix, BYU.  


Nutrition, Dietetics, and Food Science: Reading Journal Assignment

Purpose: The reading  journal should do two things. First, it will encourage you to stay on top of the reading assignments. Second, by thinking and writing about the reading material, you should have a much better grasp of the ideas,  concepts, and principles of management in dietetics than you otherwise would.

Geology: In-class Essay

For a ten-­minute, in-­class essay, students are given some statements for and against population control. They write about this question: “Do present-­‐day environmental concerns  justify government-­sponsored measures to halt population growth?” After writing, students exchange essays and write a brief response to their classmates’ essays. Then, they exchange  essays again and write another response, so every student receives  two responses.