Writing Activities

Each Writing@CSU writing activity provides you with a series of prompts about a writing or reading process. You can use the activities to practice a new writing or reading skill or to help yourself make progress on a writing project. Each activity can be completed multiple times, with each version saved to your current work folder. Writing Activities can also be printed, emailed, updated, or deleted.

Writing Processes Preparing to Write Starting to Write Conducting Research Reading & Responding Planning, Drafting, & Organizing Revising & Editing Publishing Writing Genres Composition & Academic Writing Argument Writing about Literature Business Writing Science Writing

Show Descriptions Argument: These activities help writers better understand how to plan, organize, develop, support and revise a written argument. Read more about argumentation in our overview. Analyzing an Issue Issue Analysis Worksheet Defining a Problem Analyzing a Problem Revising a Science Argument Alternative Solutions Collecting Ideas for an Argument From Collecting to Shaping an Argument Narrowing from Topic to Thesis for an Argumentative Essay Unpacking an Argumentative Thesis Statement Writing Argumentative Claims Supporting Argumentative Claims Revising Your Argumentative Claim Reviewing How You've Incorporated Proof into An Argument Revising Coherence in the Argumentative Essay Working with Claim/Proof/Warrant--Toulmin Method