HIGH SCHOOL PROMPTS A story’s point of view (POV) can affect how the story feels. For instance, The Magician’s Nephew by C. S. Lewis is written in the third-person omniscient POV: The narrator knows everything, even things that some of the characters do not. The invisible narrator in omniscient POV can tell readers what one…
HIGH SCHOOL PROMPTS Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. fought for racial equality in the 1950s and early 1960s before he was assassinated, but he did not advocate violence as a means of reaching this goal. Read the following excerpt taken from Stride Toward Freedom, written by him in 1958:
MIDDLE SCHOOL PROMPTS Advertising is everywhere. TV commercials bombard you 18 minutes out of every hour, but they are not the only places companies try to sell their products. Think of billboards, huge pictures of food products stuck to restaurant windows, and even your lowly cereal box. Yes, even after you’ve bought the cereal, you…
HIGH SCHOOL PROMPTS From Sunny to Frigid Buck is a dog who grew up in sunny San Diego, California, but suddenly finds himself thrust into the frigid world of the Klondike Gold Rush in the Yukon Territory, Canada, in the late 1890s. You can read about him in Jack London’s The Call of the Wild….
MIDDLE SCHOOL PROMPTS Are you not sure what to do when your teacher gives you a writing assignment? Check out this prompt. Let’s make your first steps in the writing process easier with these worksheets on brainstorming and organizing.
HIGH SCHOOL PROMPTS Is it tough to come up with ideas when your teacher gives you a writing assignment? And if you have ideas, is it hard to plan and put them into an effective order with main and supporting points? This prompt will help with these problems.Many students feel that brainstorming is a waste of time,…
HIGH SCHOOL PROMPTS We honor our U. S. veterans on Veterans Day every year. Do you know someone who has served in the U. S. Armed Forces: Army, Navy, Air Force, Coast Guard, Marine Corps, National Guard, or Reserves? Chances are you know quite a few men and women who have served, defended, and protected our country and…
HIGH SCHOOL PROMPTS Proofreading is not a happy activity. It takes attention to detail and maybe even some groaning. After all, you feel as if your first draft is enough. You’re done. Finished. Students tell me that writing the first draft and then proofreading it is like writing their paper twice. The Bad News .Here’s…
Why teach writing? After all, it’s tough. It’s confusing. And sometimes crying is involved. Here are a few encouraging reasons why you may want to teach writing, despite the hurdles.
Here are a few reasons why we believe that students should learn to write well:
1. Students become more organized in their thinking when they learn to write. Writing clearly involves organizational skills that will aid our students in other subjects.
2. Writing causes students to think through topics or defend a position. Through this process, students gain an understanding of logical thinking and the best way to present their ideas. They learn the difference between facts and opinions, and they learn how to support their ideas with facts.
HIGH SCHOOL PROMPTS “You can never cross the ocean until you have the courageto lose sight of the shore.” –Christopher Columbus Show, Don’t Tell When an author wants to let readers know that a character is, say, courageous, she doesn’t write, “Chris was courageous.” Instead, she sets up a situation in which the character has…
