SHARON’S BLOG Do you hear that thunder? It’s the crash of schoolbooks slamming shut for the summer. As a parent, you want your children to continue using their reading skills. You know there are so many wonderful books they would enjoy reading now that it is summer and the distractions are fewer. Treasures await them….
HIGH SCHOOL PROMPTS On Memorial Day in America, we remember and honor those in the armed services who have given their lives in the line of duty. Poppies are often given out on Memorial Day as a symbol of those fallen men and women. This tradition comes from the first lines of the poem “In…
MIDDLE SCHOOL PROMPTS The United States celebrates Memorial Day, a day to remember the men and women in the armed services who have given their lives for our country. The late General Colin Powell wrote of the granite Vietnam War Memorial in Washington, D. C., “At no other battle monument are people so moved, stenciling…
SHARON’S BLOG Happy Mother’s Day to you. You are so special and are doing such important work! To honor you, I’m making available to you a free lesson from our grammar eBook Let’s Eat Fifi. There are 23 lessons in the eBook, and this is lesson 3; it’s on commas and compound sentences. The lesson…
SHARON’S BLOGWhat does your mother mean to you? It might be difficult to put that into words, but this writing prompt will help you with that. No sentences necessary and you even get to be creative with color! You can write about another significant woman in your life as well. Ready to bless your mom?
HIGH SCHOOL PROMPTS “There’s no place like home. There’s no place like home,” says Dorothy Gale in the movie The Wizard of Oz. L. Frank Baum, the author of the The Wonderful Wizard of Oz and the other Oz books, was born in May in 1856. That’s more than 150 years ago, but his statement…
A motif is like a symbol on steroids because it not only appears in one story but in many stories through the ages. Think of a dark woods, which can be symbolic of confusion or a time of testing. What stories can you think of that include a patch of dark woods?
SHARON’S BLOGAn edict. A carol. A strange decoration. What do all these have in common? They are all part of our fun Christmas prompts. Enjoy these prompts created especially for 5th – 12th graders. Ho, ho, ho, and away we go . . .
MIDDLE SCHOOL PROMPTS You know about Dr. Seuss, and you know about the Grinch. But do you know the story behind the story? When Ted (we know him as Dr. Seuss) was 53 years old, he was fed up with Christmas. He was tired of the noise, the constant activity, and the busy-ness, and he…
September 22 is Hobbit Day! Let’s celebrate by writing a character into a portion of the hero’s journey, just as Bilbo refused his call to adventure from Gandalf.
