MIDDLE SCHOOL PROMPTS Edgar Allan Poe was born January 19, 1809. Though that is over 200 years ago, we still read his work today. He’s famous for his short stories and for poems like “The Raven.” (You know, that “Nevermore” poem.) In an essay, Poe explained how he was very careful to choose just the…
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…
HIGH SCHOOL PROMPTS I was shopping one day last week when I heard an elderly woman say to her daughter, “I’d like to find a white sweater.” Her daughter came back with, “Oh, Mother, you always do this to me. You know we can’t find white after Labor Day.” I thought, Hmm. That daughter is…
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…
