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Unlocking the Secrets of Writing and Literature

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

Become a Poet

Become a Poet

MIDDLE SCHOOL PROMPTS

Has your sports team ever lost a game? And did you write about it in a poem?

You didn’t?

Well, Ernest Thayer did in the now-famous poem “Casey at the Bat.” You can read the history of the poem and the poem itself here.

October 2 is National Poetry Day, and recently the theme was “Remembering,” in which amateur and famous poets write to remember a special moment or a meaningful time in their lives.

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Proofreading Marks and How to Use Them

Proofreading Marks and How to Use Them

SHARON’S BLOG

Do your students waste endless time erasing whole sentences? Do they become discouraged when they look at their rough drafts filled with arrows, illegible notes in the margins, and ugly lines of scratched-out writing?

I’ve watched students in my writing classes scratch out whole sentences and rewrite them. They draw lines through words. They burn up their papers and crumble their erasers just to change something.

This is totally unnecessary.

There’s an easier—and quicker—way to proofread that doesn’t require a lot of rewriting, which should be good news to our students.

Let’s save them the pain by teaching them these handy, easy-to-use proofreading marks.

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