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Give your middle school students something intriguing to write about, whether they are reluctant, eager, or somewhere inbetween.
Free printables for how to create a paragraph, free tutorials on proofreading or in-text citations, current events, asking what they would read to a dog {and other important opinions}, story writing, and much more—you’ll find it all here.
Looking for engaging prompts for your teens? You’ll find those here. >>
Interested in writing prompts for the whole family? Could you use an assortment of prompts bundled together for certain topics or for varying grade levels? Free tutorials and printables included. Find them all here. >>
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Do You Have a Spice Clock?
When you want to know what time it is, where do you look?
Most likely, you tell time by clocks of some sort. But what if you told time by flowers, birds, or scents?
Huh? (more…)
Opinion Writing: Professional Matchmakers
Students who have a hard time writing about wars, politics, gender issues, and other heavy topics really warm up to writing opinions, so let’s give them something engaging to write about. After all, everyone has opinions.
It’s Just Lunch is a dating service for businessmen and businesswomen. According to their Website, they’ve provided over two million dates in major cities in the United States since 1991.
This is how it works: (more…)
Set Another Place at the Table
What’s the second thing that happens to Bilbo Baggins in The Hobbit?
He’s visited by twelve dwarves and one wizard. They come for tea (late afternoon) and stay for supper, eating the provisions in his pantry, taking up room in his tidy hobbit hole, and making noise. Bilbo is not happy.
What happened when Sarah Smiley’s husband was deployed overseas for one year? (more…)
Three Ways to Be a Better Father
Many people want to be the best they can be at something, and when it comes to fathers, fatherhood.gov has some ideas. Here are three ideas from that website on how to be a good father: (more…)
Too Late! It’s Gone!
Ever wonder what your life would be like without some of your favorite people or things?
In P. D. James’ futuristic novel Children of Men, she wants people to consider what the world would be like without any new babies. So her novel is all about how no babies have been born on Earth for 25 years. She highlights the blessings of children and how they affect the world by writing about their absence.
In this unusual prompt, let’s ponder what we have.
Now it’s your turn: Think back over the last few months and (more…)
The Best Time to Make Friends
So, when is the best time to make friends?
The famous actress Ethel Barrymore (great-aunt to Drew Barrymore) has an idea about that: [>>]
Getting Paid to Hug?
Teachers in the Jiangdu District of China know how important it is to hug their students. In fact, they hug their kindergarten students twice a day . . . as long as the parents (more…)
