Hobbit Day
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.
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For the Love of Narnia and Middle Earth
SHARON’S BLOGNarnia and Middle Earth—what delightfully intriguing places to visit! Enjoy this compilation of activities involving C. S. Lewis’s Narnia and J. R. R. Tolkien’s Middle Earth. Suitable for anyone who is old enough to read The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe, other Narnia tales, The Hobbit, or The Lord of the Rings. Your students…
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Storywriting: Put Your Character into Hot Water, Part 2
HIGH SCHOOL PROMPTS In a recent tutorial, you practiced plunging your character into hot water with two powerful methods many writers use. You can find that prompt here.This week you’ll examine three more methods of getting your main character deep into a story. As Stanley Elkin reveals, “I would never write about someone who is…
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Celebrate Hispanic Heritage Month with this Family Writing Prompt
Celebrate Hispanic Heritage Month with a short story by Colombian-born Gabriel García Márquez. Write a short story based on his “A Very Old Man with Enormous Wings.”
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Set Another Place at the Table
MIDDLE SCHOOL PROMPTS What’s the second thing that happens to Bilbo Baggins in The Hobbit? He’s visited by twelve dwarves and one wizard. They come for tea (late afternoon) and stay for supper, eating the provisions in his pantry, taking up room in his tidy hobbit hole, and making noise. Bilbo is not happy. What…
