What Will Happen Here?
Literature is filled with things that happen in dark woods. Take a look at this photo and write a story from it. What will happen here?
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When the Frost Is on the Pumpkin: 3 Fun Writers’ Devices
Read Riley’s famous autumn poem and then learn three writers’ devices that will enhance your writing–all in three little words!
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Good Pirate, Bad Pirate
HIGH SCHOOL PROMPTS Robert Louis Stevenson is the author of Treasure Island, The Black Arrow, Kidnapped, A Child’s Garden of Verses, the deliciously creepy The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde based on a real person, and much more. You can learn more about him here. Pirate in disguise In Treasure Island, young…
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Are You Ready for NaNoWriMo?
Would you like to write a novel in a month? Then NaNoWriMo is the event for you! Write down your ideas for a novel you would like to write.
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What’s Your Motivation?
What do you love to do? Sing? Cook? Play soccer? Tell jokes? What’s your motivation for doing it? Why do you love it so much.
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How to Convince an Audience: Opinion versus Persuasion
Your students will learn the difference between opinion versus persuasion with this fun infographic about dogs and an easy writing exercise.
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Drones: Helpful Tools or Accidents Waiting to Happen?
Drones (UAVs) can be used in putting out wildfires, transporting medicine, and checking on crops. They can also be crashed into crowded areas by amateurs with no experience. Should amateurs be allowed to use UAVs?
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Family Writing Prompt: Is it Okay to Take Your Life When You’re Already Dying?
Read about Brittany Maynard’s decision to end her life because of her terminal brain tumor. Then read about Kara Tippett who is also dying from cancer. Write about these women and their decisions.
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His Hands Were Bigger Than Shovels: Hyperbole
HIGH SCHOOL PROMPTS Hyperbole is a lot of fun to read and to write. But what is it? Hyperbole (hi PER bo lee) is exaggeration, as in “He was as hefty as a whale” or “Her whining voice so electrified the air that it knocked migrating geese off their course.” To read examples of this figure of speech, click…
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Writing Is Better When . . .
MIDDLE SCHOOL PROMPTS Writing is hard. My students tell me this, and I believe them. Writing makes their hands hurt. They don’t know what to write or how to write it. They have trouble coming up with topics. They’ll write if someone gives them a topic they are interested in. Or if someone gives them…
