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.