Happy Mother’s Day!
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...
Writing Prompt: A Mother’s Heart
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...
3 Types of Poems for Poetry Month
SHARON'S BLOG Would you like to 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 . . . 1. List...
How to Develop an Almost Painless Reading List for Teens and Tweens
SHARON'S BLOG Do you hear that thunder? It’s the crash of schoolbooks all over the country 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...
Writing Prompts to Celebrate Dr. Seuss
You are familiar with Dr. Seuss (Theodor Seuss Geisel or "Ted") through his popular stories such as Green Eggs and Ham, Horton Hears a Who, How the Grinch Stole Christmas, and The Cat in the Hat. But did you know that he used to write very different kinds of...
3 Election-themed Prompts
SHARON'S BLOG Election-themed Prompts Elections are fraught with anxiety, tension, and maybe even crying, but election-themed writing prompts do not have to be. Your 5th - 12th graders will cast their vote for any of these interest-grabbing ideas. No matter your...
A Speech without an “I”
HIGH SCHOOL PROMPTS Caucuses. Primaries. Stump Speeches. Elections. Acceptance speeches. Inaugurations. It's that time of year again. When newly elected president Theodore Roosevelt gave his inaugural address in 1905, he didn't use the word "I." You can read it...
National Reading Month: 10 Must-Read Classics for High School
SHARON'S BLOG I've had a long and strange relationship with the classics. In 8th grade, our English class read Nathaniel Hawthorne's The Scarlet Letter, but I could never figure out what the red "A" stood for. As an Christian adult, I developed the inexplicable idea...
National Reading Month: 5 Ways to Make Reading More Accessible in Your Home
SHARON'S BLOG Do you have children or students who like to read but don't have time? How can you engender a love of reading in your home, even with reluctant readers? Let's create an atmosphere in our homes in which reading is not only possible but also enjoyable. 1....
Your New Dr. Seuss Book
MIDDLE SCHOOL PROMPTS Dr. Seuss’s real name is Theodor Seuss Geisel, and he’s the author of The Cat in the Hat, Green Eggs and Ham, Horton Hears a Who, and many other books. A commemorative postage stamp, which you see here, was issued by the United States in 2004 on...
National Reading Month
Treasure Island. The Lord of the Rings trilogy. Frankenstein. Pride and Prejudice. What books should everyone read? To celebrate National Reading Month in the United States, Amazon posted “100 Books to Read in a Lifetime.” Read a sampling of their list and then create your own: 10 Books Everyone Should Read.
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Signs of Spring
Robins? Bears waking from hibernation? Baseball? Itching and sneezing? What to you is a sign of spring? Write about it in this prompt!
Brrr! Writing Prompts for Winter
SHARON'S BLOGSnow-softened landscape. Frozen lakes. Sledding. Hot chocolate. Blizzards. Ice-slick streets. Cancellations. Winter—it's all in there. Here are a few prompts about winter that your students will enjoy, giving them a chance to write their opinions, a...
Motif: Don’t Say Goodbye to Winter Yet
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?
Christmas Prompts
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 . . . Christmas Prompts 1.Christmas is...
The Story Behind Dr. Seuss and the Grinch
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...
Fall-themed Writing Prompts
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...
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