Gender-Neutral Language in Writing
Gender-neutral language is tricky, especially with singular pronouns like “everyone.” This free lesson from The Power in Your Hands shows students how to be gender neutral in their writing.
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Fun with Morse Code
MIDDLE SCHOOL PROMPTS. In the mid-1800s, Samuel Morse helped create a code that was used in his new system of communication: telegraphs. You may be familiar with the Morse code for “SOS”: · · · ― ― ― · · · (or “dot dot dot, dash dash dash, dot dot dot”). The three dots stand…
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A Sonnet: Be the Shakespeare
HIGH SCHOOL PROMPTS Today you get to be Shakespeare and write a sonnet. A sonnet is a poem of fourteen lines. The last two lines, however, are separate and either sum up the rest of the poem or provide a new twist, as does the sonnet below. Let’s look at Shakespeare’s Sonnet 62. The letters…
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Time Travel: Make Your Reservation!
MIDDLE SCHOOL PROMPTS Do you want to time travel? What was it like when your ancestors first set foot on American soil? What did the Egyptian pyramids look like when they were first built, gleaming with layers of gold? How did Jesus perform the miracle of healing the ten lepers? When you are twenty years…
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The Melding of Humans and Technology
HIGH SCHOOL PROMPTS “Within 30 years, we will have the means to create superhuman intelligence. Shortly after, the human era will be ended.” -Vernor Vinge, in “The Coming Technological Singularity” Raymond Kurzweil, a futurist, inventor, and author of books on artificial intelligence, believes that “we’re approaching a moment when computers will become intelligent, and not…
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Two Secrets to Writing an Exciting Description
Reading descriptions can be super boring, but yours don’t have to be. Try this middle school prompt to learn two secrets to exciting descriptive writing!
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Perfection: What Is It, and Do We Really Want it?
HIGH SCHOOL PROMPTS Is physical perfection possible? If it is, do we really want it? And if it isn’t, should we pretend to be perfect? These are some of the questions teen Haleigh Hohman asks in her Facebook video after finding a very interesting button on her new phone that she calls the “magic button.”
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Slowing Down Is Not a Sin
Do you have many activities that keep you rushing from the door to the car? Is your time being gobbled up by the restless speed of your life? Do you find yourself saying, “It will slow down after ____________”? (You fill in the blank.)
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Who Was at the Resurrection?
Who was at the resurrection? Choose a narrator (real or imagined) and write some part of the resurrection through his or her eyes. Use first person to tell your story.
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Story Writing: The Resurrection
Many people are mentioned in the biblical account of Jesus’ resurrection. What story could they tell? Choose one of them and write their story, or create a new character and tell the story through them.
