Read Riley’s famous autumn poem and then learn three writers’ devices that will enhance your writing–all in three little words!
HIGH SCHOOL PROMPTS Robert Louis Stevenson is the author of Treasure Island, The Black Arrow, Kidnapped, A Child’s Garden of Verses, the deliciously creepy The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde based on a real person, and much more. You can learn more about him here. Pirate in disguise In Treasure Island, young…
Would you like to write a novel in a month? Then NaNoWriMo is the event for you! Write down your ideas for a novel you would like to write.
What do you love to do? Sing? Cook? Play soccer? Tell jokes? What’s your motivation for doing it? Why do you love it so much.
Your students will learn the difference between opinion versus persuasion with this fun infographic about dogs and an easy writing exercise.
Drones (UAVs) can be used in putting out wildfires, transporting medicine, and checking on crops. They can also be crashed into crowded areas by amateurs with no experience. Should amateurs be allowed to use UAVs?
Read about Brittany Maynard’s decision to end her life because of her terminal brain tumor. Then read about Kara Tippett who is also dying from cancer. Write about these women and their decisions.
HIGH SCHOOL PROMPTS Hyperbole is a lot of fun to read and to write. But what is it? Hyperbole (hi PER bo lee) is exaggeration, as in “He was as hefty as a whale” or “Her whining voice so electrified the air that it knocked migrating geese off their course.” To read examples of this figure of speech, click…
MIDDLE SCHOOL PROMPTS Writing is hard. My students tell me this, and I believe them. Writing makes their hands hurt. They don’t know what to write or how to write it. They have trouble coming up with topics. They’ll write if someone gives them a topic they are interested in. Or if someone gives them…
SHARON’S BLOG Is there copious weeping when you say, “Write an essay”? Do your students get a pit in the bottom of their stomachs when faced with a writing assignment? When I was a little girl (yes, this was a long, long time ago), I had the same reactions when I was told to clean…
