by Sharon Watson | Aug 9, 2015 | High School Prompts, Sharon's Blog, Writing Prompts
HIGH SCHOOL PROMPTS
What do love and weather have to do with each other?
Quite a bit, it turns out. Forty-eight of The Beatles’ 308 songs mention some kind of weather, according to accuweather.com.
You can watch The Petersens’ version of “Here Comes the Sun” here. The song is written by George Harrison, formerly of The Beatles. You’ll quickly notice that the sunny weather is a metaphor for (more…)
by Sharon Watson | Jul 26, 2015 | Middle School Prompts, Sharon's Blog, Writing Prompts
MIDDLE SCHOOL PROMPTS
Some people like to put puzzles together. Others like to build forts, take hikes, or go camping. Some kids like to read or play a sport.
Derek Jeter, a now-retired New York Yankee, played baseball to have fun: “You gotta have fun. Regardless of how you look at it, we’re playing a game. It’s a business, it’s our job, but I don’t think you can do well unless you’re having fun.”
What do you do for fun? (more…)
by Sharon Watson | Jul 26, 2015 | High School Prompts, Sharon's Blog, Writing Prompts
HIGH SCHOOL PROMPTS
Famed physicist Stephen Hawking and others launched a $100 million program called Breakthrough Listen in their search for alien life beyond Earth. The search will begin with the one million stars closest to us in the Milky Way Galaxy and then expand into neighboring galaxies.
“We believe that life arose spontaneously on Earth, so in an infinite universe, there must be other occurrences of life,” Hawking said.
They have a lot of listening ahead of them. That’s a lot of area to cover!
Would you like to win a cool million? (more…)
by Sharon Watson | Jul 19, 2015 | High School Prompts, High School Tutorial, Sharon's Blog, teaching aids, tutorial, Writing Prompts
HIGH SCHOOL PROMPTS
Do you want to influence your readers? Do you want to grab their hearts?
Use the power of story.
There are two kinds of stories: the true ones and the fictional ones. People have been using both kinds forever, and so can you.
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by Sharon Watson | Jul 19, 2015 | Sharon's Blog, teaching aids, tutorial, Writing Prompts
SHARON’S BLOG
I am sickened and saddened by the news that Planned Parenthood is dealing in baby parts. I imagine you are troubled as well.
Whether they are truly selling them or, as they say, making them available, there is no defense for these actions.
This exposé is an organic teaching moment for us and our teens. How can we help our teens understand what is godly and debunk the “humanitarian” argument? (more…)
by Sharon Watson | Jul 19, 2015 | Middle School Prompts, Sharon's Blog, Writing Prompts
MIDDLE SCHOOL PROMPTS
I recently visited Downtown Disney in Orlando, Florida, and enjoyed the huge Legos ® creations there.
Really, they are tremendously interesting. I kept trying to figure out how someone built them and where they put their first blocks to begin these fun displays.
Here are some of the Legos ® pictures I took:.
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