Two Secrets to Writing an Exciting Description
Reading descriptions can be super boring, but yours don’t have to be. Try this middle school prompt to learn two secrets to exciting descriptive writing!
Perfection: What Is It, and Do We Really Want it?
HIGH SCHOOL PROMPTS Is physical perfection possible? If it is, do we really want it? And if it isn't, should we pretend to be perfect? These are some of the questions teen Haleigh Hohman asks in her Facebook video after finding a very interesting button on her new...
Slowing Down Is Not a Sin
Do you have many activities that keep you rushing from the door to the car? Is your time being gobbled up by the restless speed of your life? Do you find yourself saying, “It will slow down after ____________”? (You fill in the blank.)
Who Was at the Resurrection?
Who was at the resurrection? Choose a narrator (real or imagined) and write some part of the resurrection through his or her eyes. Use first person to tell your story.
Story Writing: The Resurrection
Many people are mentioned in the biblical account of Jesus’ resurrection. What story could they tell? Choose one of them and write their story, or create a new character and tell the story through them.
5 Powerful Persuasion Strategies for Your Writers
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...
A Topic Sentence at the End?
You are familiar with topic sentences, how they come at the beginning of paragraphs and tell readers what the paragraph is all about. But what if the topic sentence came at the end of the paragraph? And what if that paragraph described something from a story? Topic...
Robert Frost: Good Fences Make Good Neighbors
HIGH SCHOOL PROMPTS In 1961, famous American poet Robert Frost did something no other poet had ever done. He read one of his poems for a presidential inauguration. John F. Kennedy personally asked Frost to read a poem for the inauguration, and Frost recited his famous...
Create a Visual Aid Like Saint Patrick Did
HIGH SCHOOL PROMPTS Are you wearing green? Saint Patrick, whom we celebrate March 17, is famous for teaching the ancient Irish about Christianity in the fifth century. Legend has it that in order to teach people about the Holy Trinity (Father, Son, and Holy Spirit),...
What Are You Afraid Of?
Everyone has stuff they don’t like doing or stuff they’re afraid of.
That’s true for Howie Mandel, comedian and former host of the TV show “Deal or No Deal.” He hates shaking hands with people because of all the germs he can get from one handshake. Now he uses a fist bump.
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