{"id":1148,"date":"2013-12-05T14:23:35","date_gmt":"2013-12-05T19:23:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pages.vassar.edu\/vast\/?p=1148"},"modified":"2015-05-05T19:53:17","modified_gmt":"2015-05-05T23:53:17","slug":"scholars-writing-prompts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pages.vassar.edu\/vast\/?p=1148","title":{"rendered":"Blog Writing Prompts"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>If you haven&#8217;t done a writing piece yet, choose one of the prompts below. <strong>Write at least 2 paragraphs<\/strong>:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Explain how disappointments can have a good side. Think of two examples of times when you were disappointed, but there was a positive side to what happened.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>Everyone changes as they get older. Write about how you have changed since you started middle school.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>Think about your bedroom. Write a descriptive piece that includes every tiny detail about what your bedroom looks like and what is in it. Be as descriptive as possible.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>Your principal has asked students to suggest a school rule that should be changed. Think of one rule that you would like to have changed. Write a letter convincing your principal to change this rule. Be sure to support your opinion with reasons and evidence.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>If you don&#8217;t like these, come up with your own!<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>If you haven&#8217;t done a writing piece yet, choose one of the prompts below. Write at least 2 paragraphs: Explain how disappointments can have a good side. Think of two examples of times when you were disappointed, but there was a positive side to what happened. Everyone changes as they get older. Write about how [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[59716],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1148","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-blogging-ideas"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/pages.vassar.edu\/vast\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1148","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/pages.vassar.edu\/vast\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/pages.vassar.edu\/vast\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pages.vassar.edu\/vast\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pages.vassar.edu\/vast\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1148"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/pages.vassar.edu\/vast\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1148\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1751,"href":"https:\/\/pages.vassar.edu\/vast\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1148\/revisions\/1751"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/pages.vassar.edu\/vast\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1148"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pages.vassar.edu\/vast\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1148"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pages.vassar.edu\/vast\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1148"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}