MIDDLE SCHOOL PROMPTS Okay, so we’re close to Halloween. For some Christians, Halloween can be a controversial event. Some families celebrate it as a harmless and fun day to dress up and collect candy. Others view it as having satanic or questionable roots and do not celebrate it.
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…
MIDDLE SCHOOL PROMPTS “All our dreams can come true if we have the courage to pursue them.” Do you agree with Walt Disney, the author of this quotation? For a dream to come true, do you only need courage? Do your dreams come true simply because you pursue them? Or is there something else to…
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…
HIGH SCHOOL PROMPTS Many students tell me that after they do the hard work of coming up with an idea, they do not know what to put in the paragraph or even how to write the paragraph. Is this an issue for you as well? Could you use a little help in this area? {Looking…
MIDDLE SCHOOL PROMPTS Have you ever seen a man with his back pocket bulging from an overstuffed wallet? Do you know a woman who carries around a huge purse? Do you ever wonder what could be in there, like old rubber bands, ketchup packets, her kids’ Legos, or a stapler? You can tell a lot about…
Earthquakes. Fires. Tornados. Hurricanes. Super viruses. Breaking your finger before the big game. Using bleach instead of laundry soap on your favorite shirt. Losing your cell phone—again. Where am I going with all of this?
HIGH SCHOOL PROMPTS Once in a while, it’s interesting to look at a picture and write whatever comes to your mind—no guidance, no rules. So, here goes . . .
HIGH SCHOOL PROMPTS Proofreading. What a pain. You finish your essay and think you’re through with it, but, no. Now you have to proofread it. It turns out that writing and proofreading are two separate skills. In fact, they use two different parts of your brain and should be done at different times. To take…
SHARON’S BLOG Students will follow along as I guide them through my experience with making stained-glass butterflies. As they read, they’ll be learning how to write a how-to and then insert transitions into the essay to move their readers easily through the process. Suitable for students in 5th – 12th grade. My stained-glass how-to essay…
