Document Deep Dive: What Was on the First SAT? Flow Chart for Studying. Sample Essays. Prompts used for the ACT Writing Test: describe an issue relevant to high school studentsask examinees to write about their perspective on the issue As a starting place, two different perspectives on the issue will be provided. Examinees may choose to support one of these perspectives or to develop a response based on their own perspective. Educators debate extending high school to five years because of increasing demands on students from employers and colleges to participate in extracurricular activities and community service in addition to having high grades.
Some educators support extending high school to five years because they think students need more time to achieve all that is expected of them. Other educators do not support extending high school to five years because they think students would lose interest in school and attendance would drop in the fifth year. In your opinion, should high school be extended to five years? In your essay, take a position on this question. SAT - Essay Prompts. Below are essay prompts from the most recent SAT administration in March 2014. Prompt 1 Think carefully about the issue presented in the following excerpt and the assignment below. Many people are philanthropists, giving money to those in need. And many people believe that those who are rich—those who can afford to give the most—should contribute the most to charitable organizations. Others, however, disagree. Why should those who are more fortunate than others have more of a moral obligation to help those who are less fortunate?
Assignment: Should people who are more fortunate than others have more of a moral obligation to help those who are less fortunate? Prompt 2 Our culture puts entirely too much emphasis on popular entertainment. Assignment: Can popular entertainment offer us anything of value, or is it just a worthless distraction? Prompt 3 By never being satisfied with what we have, we are never content. Cracking SAT Critical Reading. Cracking ACT Reading. College essay samples written by teens.