Students who have a hard time writing about wars, politics, gender issues, and other heavy topics really warm up to writing opinions, so let’s give them something engaging to write about. After all, everyone has opinions.
It’s Just Lunch is a dating service for businessmen and businesswomen. According to their Website, they’ve provided over two million dates in major cities in the United States since 1991.
This is how it works:
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Recently I picked up my order at a local bookstore for a Book-of-the-Month Club I teach. The clerk asked me about the books because it was an unusual number, about thirty. When I explained that I was teaching literature to some homeschool teens, she came back with this surprising response:
Literature might seem like one of those courses in which pulling teeth is involved.
You assign a poem, play, short story, or novel to read, and you immediately encounter resistance. It’s hard, they say. It’s boring, they complain. The lawyer in them tries to make a deal with you: “I’ll read these more exciting young adult novels, and you can count that as literature. At least I’m reading.”
What can you do?
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Andrew Jackson once said that it was a poor mind that could think of only one way to spell a word. By this we know that he was not a homeschool mother who had to grade spelling tests every week.
Do you have a child who seems to defy your every effort to make him a good speller?
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Charitable organizations need help and often ask for money around Christmas and at the year’s end. You may be familiar with the bell ringers of the Salvation Army and their red buckets near store entrances.
The Salvation Army, the Red Cross, police and firefighter organizations, local food pantries, and local homeless shelters are all worthy causes that ask for contributions near Christmas.
Will you or your family be giving to a charity this year?
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What’s the second thing that happens to Bilbo Baggins in The Hobbit?
He’s visited by twelve dwarves and one wizard. They come for tea (late afternoon) and stay for supper, eating the provisions in his pantry, taking up room in his tidy hobbit hole, and making noise. Bilbo is not happy.
What happened when Sarah Smiley’s husband was deployed overseas for one year?
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Gathering around the campfire as a family or with your friends in the summer at camp or during the crisp fall days can be fun. Whether you’re singing or roasting marshmallows for s’mores, it’s a unique experience.
Gathering around the TV to watch a movie or show with your family or friends can feel very different from circling the campfire. The blue glow from the TV may not warm you up, but its content may be more entertaining.
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Many people want to be the best they can be at something, and when it comes to fathers, fatherhood.gov has some ideas. Here are three ideas from that website on how to be a good father:
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Ever wonder what your life would be like without some of your favorite people or things?
In P. D. James’ futuristic novel Children of Men, she wants people to consider what the world would be like without any new babies. So her novel is all about how no babies have been born on Earth for 25 years. She highlights the blessings of children and how they affect the world by writing about their absence.
In this unusual prompt, let’s ponder what we have.
Now it’s your turn: Think back over the last few months and
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National Hunger and Homeless Awareness Week occurs every year in the United States the week before Thanksgiving.
Some communities host fund-raisers or hold hunger walks to raise money for homeless shelters. Libraries forgive fines if patrons bring in cans of food. Youth groups collect canned and boxed food from neighborhoods.
Families sleep
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