SHARON’S BLOG To say that the Protestant Reformation had a great effect on the world is a vast understatement. Kings, kingdoms, and even everyday people felt the sting—and the freedom—this new movement brought. Your students will be writing opinions, stories, and more while exploring some of the issues and topics associated with the Reformation, no…
SHARON’S BLOG Election-themed Prompts Elections are fraught with anxiety, tension, and maybe even crying, but election-themed writing prompts do not have to be. Your 5th – 12th graders will cast their vote for any of these interest-grabbing ideas. No matter your political party, these prompts are winners, and you will be, too, when you share them…
SHARON’S BLOG Compare and Contrast: 2 Solid Methods Have your students ever been asked to write a compare-and-contrast paragraph or essay but don’t know where to begin? Do they have trouble organizing their thoughts and information before comparing and contrasting? Your 5th – 12th graders will learn two solid methods for compare-and-contrast writing with this…
SHARON’S BLOG Would you like your students to understand how to use proofreading marks? Do they know that they do not have to proofread for everything at once? And did you know that it is easier for students to proofread if they practice on someone else’s mistakes? Explore the posts below, appropriate for 7th –…
SHARON’S BLOG Do you “have a plan” or have you “hatched a scheme”? Are your students writing about the “circulation” of the blood or about how the blood “circulates”? Do they understand how to use specific adjectives? Do they know the power of connotations? Do they turn sluggish nouns into working verbs? Do they define…
SHARON’S BLOG The U. S. National Park Service is over 100 years old! This bundle of prompts for 5th – 12th graders contains over a dozen creative writing prompts on parks: city, national, and international. For more information on the National Park Service, including a cool page on nature’s sounds, follow this link. >> Ready…
SHARON’S BLOG What could Serena Williams teach you about smashing serves in the tennis court? Or maybe you’d like to learn from actor Dustin Hoffman about acting and “how to create memorable characters, rehearse a script and develop [a] comic instinct,” according to Parade. Serena and Dustin are part of an online school called MasterClass…
SHARON’S BLOG Can your children and teens clearly express their ideas about God? Students in my classes always have the hardest time when asked to write about God. They simply cannot share their thoughts, experiences, definitions of religious terms, or what God means to them. These are difficult concepts to grasp and communicate, and they…
HIGH SCHOOL PROMPTS Have you ever swum (swum? That’s a word?) a mile? How about two or three miles? Diana Nyad, 64, made the more-than-100-mile trip from Cuba to Florida—by swimming the whole way! Hallucinating from exhaustion and hypothermia, stung by a jellyfish, her throat closing up from the sea’s salt water, she kept on…
SHARON’S BLOG Picnics. Parades. Fireworks. Looking for ways to help your middle school and high school students focus on America’s Independence Day? Look no further! Enjoy this variety of prompts {and your Independence Day celebrations}.
