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Practical, easy-to-use writing and literature courses for homeschools, Christian schools, and co-ops by Sharon Watson

You, a Huge Pile of Legos ®, and a Creation

You, a Huge Pile of Legos ®, and a Creation

MIDDLE SCHOOL PROMPTS

I recently visited Downtown Disney in Orlando, Florida, and enjoyed the huge Legos ® creations there.

Really, they are tremendously interesting. I kept trying to figure out how someone built them and where they put their first blocks to begin these fun displays.

Here are some of the Legos ® pictures I took:.

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Put Your Message on a T-Shirt

Put Your Message on a T-Shirt

MIDDLE SCHOOL PROMPTS

You’ve seen your fair share of messages on t-shirts, and you’ve probably worn a few t-shirts with writing on them.

Sports teams, music groups, camps, and even hospitals put their messages or advertisements on t-shirts.

They are like wearable billboards, and everyone reads them as you walk by. What message do you want to tell people?

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How Will You Get Your Message Out?

How Will You Get Your Message Out?

HIGH SCHOOL PROMPTS

You learn important skills in essay writing that you can apply to other forms of writing, but are essays always the best way to communicate ideas to others?

When Oliver Wendell Holmes Sr. wanted to save a piece of American history in 1830, what did he do?

Did he write his senator? Take out an ad in the local papers? Write a letter to the editor? Make protest signs?

Although all of those are legitimate methods of communication, he did none of them yet still succeeded in saving the USS Constitution, an old warship that had fought in the important War of 1812.

How did he do it?

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