SHARON’S BLOG Take a break from grading and give your 5th-12th grade students some fun, summer-themed topics to write about. There are five for your students and one article for you. It’s all about practical, real-life experiences you can turn into writing events. Here goes . . .
SHARON’S BLOG I understand at the outset of this article that the word “them” in my title is ambiguous. Does it stand for the writers or for the ideas? As you can see, writing is hard. At least, that’s what students tell me. It makes their hands hurt. They don’t know where to begin. They…
SHARON’S BLOG It’s summer. A sweet breeze of relief flows through the family tree and tickles the leaves. You hear a child giggle. But you’ve worked hard on this year’s writing classes, and you want to make sure that your children’s writing skills don’t completely deteriorate during summer vacation. What can you do? Summer is…
SHARON’S BLOG I love to bring you examples of effective writing so your students can use them, and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s speech to a joint meeting of the U. S. Congress is an excellent example of persuasive writing. He used many powerful strategies in his speech, five of which we’ll delve into today….
How do you narrow down a topic that is too large? Find out how in this prompt as you narrow down the topic of fire for Fire Prevention Day.
This tutorial shows your students the universal proofreading marks and how to use them. Plus, you’ll get examples and an exercise to reinforce the information.
Choosing a literature program for your teens isn’t the easiest thing in the world, and neither are actually having the class and getting them to read the books. Making these tasks even harder, I’ve found, is that homeschool moms and co-op teachers often have some ideas about literature that sabotage all their good efforts.
Read the rest of this article to see if you have avoided believing these three myths about homeschool literature.
