Punctuation in Dialog
Do your students love to write stories but have no idea how to use punctuation in their dialog? Use this fun tutorial with exercises and answers to help them gain proficiency in this area.
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Composition: Let’s Make it Easier
You’ve just read the title of this post and are laughing uncontrollably. I get it. Writing is hard. My students confirm this, and so do yours. Many moms report that their students have ideas in their heads but can’t get them on paper. Let’s start fixing that today. What creates this strange head-to-hand disconnect? One…
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Your 5 Senses: Writing Prompts
Using your five senses can enhance your writing more than you might think possible. Here’s a successful author to tell us about it: “Fiction operates through the senses. . . .The first and most obvious characteristic of fiction is that it deals with reality through what can be seen, heard, smelt, tasted, and touched.” –Flannery…
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Opinion: What is the secret of life?
What is the secret of life? Is it in biology? Music? Happiness? Eating the right food? Find a good mate? For thousands of years, people have pondered the question of the secret of life. You might think this is an exercise to keep you off the streets at night, but the answer you come up…
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Olympic Fun
Involve your students in the excitement and issues surrounding the Winter Olympics with these six fun prompts and two bonus ones. What would the Olympics look like in the Middle Ages? In Ancient Roman times? What new sporting event will your students cook up? Should countries and their athletes be banned? And what kind of…
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Brrr! Writing Prompts for Winter
Snow-softened landscape. Frozen lakes. Sledding. Hot chocolate. Blizzards. Ice-slick streets. Cancellations. Winter—it’s all in there. Here are a few prompts about winter that your students will enjoy, giving them a chance to write their opinions, a short story, a TV script, and more. Just right for your 5th – 12th graders.
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Martin Luther King Jr. Day Writing Prompts Bundle
Help your students gain a perspective on history with our bundle of writing prompts for Martin Luther King Jr. Day. What does he share with Apostle Paul? Did he advocate the use of violence? And what was his original name? Use these five prompts on Martin Luther King Jr. to spark an interest in this important…
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New Year BINGO Card
“Well, that wasn’t on my BINGO card!” I’ve heard people say that when something surprising happens. What do your children expect to happen in this new year? What do they hope will happen? No one really knows for sure what will happen this year, but I could not have guessed the operations, house fires, and…
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Practical Writing Schedules for Your Students
In a writing class, students can be frustrated with how to break down the assignment into smaller, achievable tasks. When they hear, “Write an essay,” they don’t know where to begin. Sometimes they start writing without a plan, and the resulting essay shows how scattered their thoughts were. And sometimes there are weepy tears. Use…
