Today’s blog is a combination of two blogs. Want some fun writing activities for your kids this summer? Are you interested in your children reading literature this summer but don’t know where to begin? Check out these two articles.
SHARON’S BLOG Let’s give your students some practice in writing poetry! With these guided prompts, your students do not have to “sit down and write a poem” but will surprise you by creating something fun and maybe even memorable. Here goes . . .
SHARON’S BLOG. 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!
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….
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….
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?
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.
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…
SHARON’S BLOGHave you ever come across something unusual and wondered how it got that way? Robert Frost in his poem “Birches” does just that. He finds some birches in the woods that are bent down and wonders what happened to make them curve down. Did a boy come by and climb them, bending them down?…
SHARON’S BLOGHas something traumatic ever happened to you or your family? When Anne Bradstreet’s house burned down, she was heartbroken and wrote a poem about it. Read her poem below in which she pours out her grief, her pain upon losing everything, and what she learned from this terrible situation. What is unusual about this…
