MIDDLE SCHOOL PROMPTS Let’s write a fun poem to celebrate National Poetry Month! A diamante (Dee-a-MON-tay) is an interesting type of poem. It is a diamond-shaped poem of opposites, and the last word in the poem is the opposite of the first word.
Looking for basketball-related writing prompts? Whether your students are sports enthusiasts or not, there’s something for everyone here! Have you ever seen tournament brackets like the one in #1? Free printable included. Fun for students in 5th – 12th grade. Dig in!
Robins? Bears waking from hibernation? Baseball? Itching and sneezing? What to you is a sign of spring? Write about it in this prompt!
SHARON’S BLOG 10 Fall-themed Writing Prompts Colorful leaves. Pumpkins. Football. Cooler weather. Raking. Apple pie. Candles. What are signs of autumn to you? Students are more likely to write if the topics are related to something that is going on at the moment, so let’s cash in on the season by using these fall-themed writing prompts….
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. Do you…
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…
