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Presidents Day Writing Prompts

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Presidents Day Writing Prompts

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  1. The president chooses people to lead departments and to be judges; write who you would want on your team.Fact: the Senate has to agree to many of those choices. Say what each person is good at.
  2. Write what you would say to someone who thinks one vote does not matter.First line: Suppose everyone who thought that stayed home.
  3. Describe a polling place on election morning using only what you can see and hear.Angle: the line, the booth, the quiet, the sticker on the way out.

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If I were president 16

  • If I were president and two groups disagreed, this is how I would help them decide. Angle: give each side a real reason, then say what you would try first.
  • If I were president for one day only, I would use the day for one job. Angle: one day is short. Choose something that can be finished by dinner.
  • If I were president, I would give a speech about one thing the whole country should try this year. Angle: keep it to one idea, and end on what a listener can do tomorrow.
  • If I were president, I would say no to something popular, and here is why. Fact: a president can refuse to sign a bill. Say what it was and what you told people.
  • If I were president, I would spend my first day in office doing three things. First line: If I were president, I would start before breakfast.
  • If I were president, I would start a new national holiday. Angle: say what it is for, what date it falls on and what people do that day.
  • If I were president, I would visit one town that nobody visits and tell the people there something. Angle: name the town's best thing first, then what you came to say.
  • If I were president, I would want to be remembered for one thing. Angle: write the sentence a history book prints about you a hundred years later.
  • If I were president, I would write a letter to every child in the country, and it would say this. First line: Dear everyone under twelve, I have some news.
  • If I were president, the first law I would ask Congress to pass would be about one thing. Fact: Congress writes the laws. The president signs a bill or sends it back with objections.
  • If I were president, the hardest part of the job for me would be this. First line: I thought the speeches would be the hard part.
  • If I were president, the one problem I would work on for all four years is this. Fact: one term lasts four years. Pick a problem big enough to need them all.
  • If I were president, the person I would thank in my first speech is someone few people know. First line: Before anything else, I want to thank someone you have never heard of.
  • If I were president, the pet I would bring to live in the house would have a job of its own. First line: The newest member of the staff has four legs.
  • If I were president, the promise I would keep even when nobody was looking is this. Angle: a promise about how you act, not about what you get done.
  • If I were president, the three people I would ask for advice are these. Angle: say what each one knows that you do not.

The job and the house 16

  • A president promises to preserve, protect and defend the Constitution; write what you think that promise means. Fact: those words are in the oath every president takes before starting the job.
  • Describe moving day at the White House from the point of view of a child in the new president's family. First line: My bed is here, but my room is still in the other house.
  • Describe the president's desk at the end of a long day. Angle: five objects. One of them has nothing to do with work.
  • Nobody can be elected president more than twice; write what a president does on the day after the job ends. Fact: the two-election limit is in the Twenty-second Amendment.
  • The president chooses people to lead departments and to be judges; write who you would want on your team. Fact: the Senate has to agree to many of those choices. Say what each person is good at.
  • The president must tell Congress how the country is doing; write that report about your own town or school. Fact: the Constitution calls it information of the State of the Union.
  • The White House has 132 rooms; describe the one you would choose for your bedroom. Fact: the count is the White House's own. Say what you see from the window.
  • The White House has 412 doors; write a story about the one you are told not to open. Angle: say who told you, and what is really behind it. Nothing scary.
  • The White House kitchen can serve dinner to as many as 140 guests; write the menu for your dinner. Angle: say who is invited and which dish the cook argued against.
  • The White House takes 570 gallons of paint to cover the outside; write the day it was painted the wrong color. Angle: a funny story. Decide who notices first.
  • Write a help-wanted ad for the job of president. Fact: the Constitution asks for a natural born citizen, 35 or older, 14 years a resident.
  • Write a letter to the president about one thing you want fixed. Angle: say what the problem is, who it hurts and one way to fix it.
  • Write a list of rules for living in a house that is also a museum. Fact: the White House calls itself the president's home and a living museum of history.
  • Write a note from the president to the people who keep the house running. Angle: name three jobs, such as the cook, the gardener and the person who winds the clocks.
  • Write a president's diary entry for an ordinary Tuesday. Angle: one meeting, one hard choice and one small thing that went right.
  • Write the first minute of the speech a new president gives on the first day. Fact: a term begins at noon on January 20. Open on what the crowd can see.

Voting and fairness 16

  • A citizen can vote at eighteen; write a letter to yourself to open on that birthday. Fact: the Constitution says the vote cannot be denied at 18 or older because of age.
  • A leader makes a mistake in front of everyone; write the apology. Angle: say what went wrong, who it hurt and what changes now.
  • Describe a polling place on election morning using only what you can see and hear. Angle: the line, the booth, the quiet, the sticker on the way out.
  • Explain why a vote is kept secret. Angle: imagine everyone had to raise a hand in front of a best friend.
  • Invent a fair way for a family of five to choose one movie, and write the rules. Angle: say what happens when the vote is a tie.
  • Long ago many adults were not allowed to vote; write how the first day at the polls might have felt. Fact: amendments now say the vote cannot be denied because of race or sex.
  • Should a rule apply to the person who made it? Write a short answer with one example. Fact: the Constitution says the president must take care that the laws are faithfully carried out.
  • Should the oldest person in a group decide for everyone? Write your answer with two reasons. Angle: think of one time it worked and one time it did not.
  • Two friends run against each other for the same job; write the day after the vote. Angle: one of them won. Write the first thing each says to the other.
  • Write a campaign speech for class president that makes only promises you could keep. Angle: three promises. Cross out any that need money you do not have.
  • Write about a time something was not fair, and what would have made it fair. First line: Everyone got a turn except one of us.
  • Write about a time you changed your mind after hearing the other side. First line: I was sure, right up until she finished talking.
  • Write the campaign poster for a candidate who is a very sensible dog. Angle: funny. Three promises a dog could really keep.
  • Write the rules for a fair election in a town of animals. Angle: decide who counts the votes, and why everyone trusts the tortoise.
  • Write what you would say to someone who thinks one vote does not matter. First line: Suppose everyone who thought that stayed home.
  • Your class votes on a new rule and your side loses; write what you do next. First line: The count was eleven to twelve.

The holiday itself 15

  • A statue of a president wakes for one hour on Presidents Day; write what it wants to know. Angle: leave the president unnamed. Let the questions show how long ago it was.
  • A time capsule is sealed on Presidents Day; write the note inside for the president fifty years from now. First line: Dear President, whoever you are.
  • Compare leading a country with leading a team: write what is the same and what is different. Angle: two things the same, two different, and which job you would rather have.
  • Design a coin for a president who has not been elected yet, and describe both sides. Angle: heads is a face from the future. Say what goes on tails and why.
  • List five qualities a president needs, then write about the one you already have. First line: I am not patient yet, but I do listen.
  • Many government offices close on Presidents Day; write about a building that stands empty for the day. Fact: it is a federal holiday. Tell it from the side of the one person still inside.
  • Presidents Day falls on the third Monday of February; describe your street that morning. Angle: February light, what is closed, who is out anyway.
  • Why does a country set aside a day for its presidents? Write what you think the day is for. Angle: decide whether it honors people, a job or an idea.
  • Write a card to a leader in your own life: a coach, a principal, a team captain. First line: You probably do not know that I noticed.
  • Write a poem of four lines about the third Monday of February. Angle: snow or mud, flags, a day off, and one line about who the day is for.
  • Write a Presidents Day acrostic with one line for each letter of LEADER. Angle: each line starts with its letter and says one thing a good leader does.
  • Write a quiz of five questions about the job of president, with the answers. Fact to use: a term is four years, and the oath is in Article II of the Constitution.
  • Write a riddle whose answer is the oath, the vote or the president's office. Angle: three clues, hardest first. Leave the answer word out of all three.
  • Write about what your family does with a Monday off in the middle of winter. First line: Nobody set an alarm.
  • Write the speech a mayor gives at a small town's Presidents Day parade. Angle: it is cold, the band is late, and the speech has to be short.

How it works

These Presidents Day writing prompts are about the office, not about anyone who held it, so a writer needs an opinion and no dates.

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If I were president writing prompt

The best-known president's day writing prompt comes sixteen ways here, so a room of writers need not hand in the same page. One asks for the first law you would ask Congress to pass. One gives you the job for a single day. One asks what you would say no to.

Facts to write from

A line that starts with Fact comes from the Constitution, the federal list of holidays or the White House's own count: a term of four years, an age of at least 35, a house with 132 rooms and 412 doors.

  • Write If I were president at the top, then cross out your first idea. The second is usually more your own.
  • A letter to the president works best with one problem and one way to fix it.

Questions and answers

What are good writing prompts for Presidents Day?

Ones about the job. Write a help-wanted ad for president, the first minute of a new president's speech, or the rules for living in a house that is also a museum.

What are some writing prompts if I were president?

This list has sixteen. Three of them: the first law you would ask Congress to pass, the one problem you would work on for all four years, and the pet you would bring to live in the house.

When is Presidents Day?

The third Monday in February, every year. It is a federal holiday in the United States, and many government offices close for the day.

Is there an if I were president writing prompt free to print?

Yes. Choose If I were president under the button, press Show all 16, then Print: all sixteen go on paper, each with its line.

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