Martin Luther King Jr. Day Writing Prompts Bundle
SHARON'S BLOG Help your students gain a perspective on history with our bundle of writing prompts for Martin Luther King Jr. Day. What does he share with Apostle Paul? Did he advocate the use of violence? And what was his original name? Use these five prompts on...
Use This Evaluation Form for Your Student’s How-to Essay
Here’s a free evaluation form taken from The Power in Your Hands: Writing Nonfiction in High School to help you grade those how-to essays.
Give the Gift of Yourself This Christmas
SHARON'S BLOGDo your children and teens wish they could communicate better with the special people in their lives? Sometimes it's hard to talk or to come up with something brilliant to say. Other times they may have trouble connecting with family members. At this time...
Thanksgiving Prompts—Good for the Soul
SHARON'S BLOG We want our students and our children to develop attitudes of gratefulness, to say thank you without being prompted, and to appreciate any worldly goods and advantages they have. Use these four Thanksgiving prompts to get them thinking about their...
Intro to Writing, Parts 1 and 2
SHARON'S BLOG Intro to Writing Do your students get stuck when they have to write a paragraph or an essay? I have a secret I'd like to share with you. Your students do not have to write a paragraph or a whole essay every time they put pencil to paper. One of the best...
How to Create a Paragraph: Middle School Chart
Solid Help for Writing a Paragraph Do you have trouble coming up with ideas to put in your paragraphs? Would you like help organizing each paragraph so it is not a jumbled mess? Check out this chart below, along with one that is filled in, to make your life a little...
3 Prompts to Celebrate the Olympics
SHARON'S BLOG Celebrate the Tokyo 2020 Summer Olympics with us, happening in 2021. Here are three prompts and one BONUS prompt for your 5th-12th graders to enjoy as the festivities get underway! Some are light and fun. Others involve controversies and get your...
Composition: Let’s Make it Easier
You’ve just read the title of this post and are laughing uncontrollably. I get it. Writing is hard. My students confirm this, and so do yours. Many moms report that their students have ideas in their heads but can’t get them on paper. Let’s start fixing that today....
New Tutorials to Document Sources
SHARON'S BLOG Okay. I'll admit it. I abhor the nit-picky rules about citing sources and making a works-cited page. The rules are tedious. They're boring. And they're nerve wracking. So, if it is hard for adults (which I like to think I am), what must our children and...
Fun with Outlines. No, Really.
SHARON'S BLOG Could your students use a little help creating outlines? And what does a bowl of salad have to do with outlines? My husband tells me he always made his outlines after he'd seen what he had written. I imagine this is fairly common. But is an outline...
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