Quickwrite Topics

• What I did in the Holidays
• What I do in my Free Time
• My First Week of Class
• The Last Movie I saw /// The Next Movie I Want to See
• My Hometown’s Food/Festivals/Famous Places
• My Best Friend
• My Part-Time Job.
• The Music I Listen to
• The TV Shows I Watch Most.
• My Room
• My Best Memory of Last Year
• A Festival/Concert/Amusement Park/Zoo/Museum/Concert I Went to.
• How I Relax
• A Time I was Scared.
• My Favourite Book
• The Websites I Use Most
• My Favourite Phone Apps
• My Family
• A Time I was in Trouble
• How I Try to Stay Healthy
• How I Relax When I am Worried or Stressed
• My Dream Study Abroad Plan
• A Shop I Often Visit
• My Pet / My Dream Pet
• Some Interesting Places in and Around University
• A Sport/Hobby I want to try
• My Favourite Teacher in (Junior) High School
• My School Trips in JHS/HS
• The Best Study-abroad Plan <–
• The Best Food to Cook. *
• The Best Thing to do With 1,000,000 yen <–
• The Best Present I Ever Received <–
• What I Want to do After University <–
• The Best and Worst Thing about University Life <–
• A Celebrity I Would Like to Meet <–
• My Most Important Possession <–
• The Country I Would Like to Go to Most <–
• The Thing I Want to Buy Most <–
• The Place I Want to Visit Most in Japan <–
• If I Could Live Anywhere in the World, I Would Live in CITY NAME <–
• If I Could Change One Thing About (the university / Tokyo / my job / my house) <–
• If I Could Make One Thing Illegal <–
• Good and Bad Points of SNS <–
• If I Could Add any Feature to my Smartphone, I Would Add <–
• Do SNS like Facebook or Line damage our relationships with people? <–
• Should university students be required to do sports? <–
• Should university students have part-time jobs while they are studying? <–
• Should all University students should spend a year abroad? <–
• “Success is about hard work, not luck”. Agree or disagree? <–
• Do you prefer the mountains or the sea? <–
• Would you prefer to work for a Japanese company or an overseas one? <–
• Would you prefer to work for yourself or work for a company? <–
• What are the qualities of a good friend? <–
• What are the qualities of a good co-worker (e.g. for your part time job)? <–
• What are the qualities of a good place to live? <–
• What are the qualities of a good boss? <–
• What are the qualities of a good teacher. <–
• What is most important when deciding choosing your first apartment (e.g. location, cost, shops). <–
• Your city is going to build a statue of a famous person. Who should it be? <–
• A friend is visiting your hometown and only has two days. What should they do? <–
• A tourist is visiting your country, and has only one week. What should they do? <–
• What are the good and bad points of online shopping? <–

Opinion topics

Topics marked “<–” are also OK for “Opinion Quickwrite” (EngComm, Debate class)

• Start with “I think” + title in lower case
• Optional: Give a SHORT description if it’s something we don’t know
• Then say “There are several reasons why …. . Firstly, “
• e.g. 35 “I think that the country I would like to go to most is New Zealand. There are several reasons why I want to go there. Firstly, I love “The Hobbit”
• E.g. 36 “I think that the thing I want to buy most is a ukelele. It is a kind of small guitar with four strings. There are several reasons why I want to buy one.

Need more topics?

• NYT650 New York Times 650 topic
• RANDOM QUOTE
  • http://www.quotationspage.com/random.php
  • Click a few times (“Motivational” and “20th century” are easier collections)
  • Choose a good quote, and write about it. Start “According to NAME, ‘QUOTE’”
  • Continue “I think this means that” or “I don’t think this is true”. Give examples.
• Try a TOEFL Exam independent essay topic
  • from a book
  • or there are a lot online. Just google “TOEFL independent writing topics”
• YOUR OWN TOPIC:
  • Any topic OK, or…
  • Journal: write about what you did today/this week
• LEARNING REFLECTION: Write about your learning. I have a worksheet for this - ask me, but in short write about:
  • What is a problem you have when learning?
  • How could you try to fix it?
  • If you have time, try the change, then write a second QW about if it worked or not.