SHARON’S BLOG Do you have Christmas season memories you hold dear? Here are a few of mine: The year my mother saved her hard-earned cake-decorating money to buy a sewing machine for me when I was a college freshman. Little did I know that I would use that machine to sew little outfits for my…
HIGH SCHOOL PROMPTS Henry was a poet and a literature professor. He had a wife. He had children. He had a solid reputation, and his poetry was popular. And then his world caved in. One spring, his country became embroiled in a civil war. Families were split apart. Bands of thieves roamed the country, ostensibly…
MIDDLE SCHOOL PROMPTS Think back to that first Christmas. Sometime after Mary was visited by an angel, she traveled to her cousin Elizabeth’s house. Elizabeth, an old woman, was finally expecting her first child, and when she heard Mary’s greeting, she reported that her unborn baby “leaped in her womb” (Luke 21: 41 NIV). Elizabeth…
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,…
MIDDLE SCHOOL PROMPTS Veterans Day is a special day in the United States when we honor all the men and women who have served in the Armed Forces. Do you know someone who has served in the military? I know quite a few men and women who have, and I think you may as well….
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 Have you ever looked at a picture and written from it? When you write anything that comes to mind, you are free-writing or writing in a stream-of-consciousness mode. Anytime you get stuck for something to write, this is a helpful method to get you going again. Just begin writing about anything. Keep…
MIDDLE SCHOOL PROMPTS True story: A few years ago when I was eating lunch at a rest area, I saw a man who looked just like my dad. It was freaky. They could have been twins. Since I happened to be close to where my dad was originally from, I thought about talking to this…
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…
