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?

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.