Opinion: Strange Baby Names
MIDDLE SCHOOL PROMPTS Audio Science. Fifi. Coco. Hopper. Apple. What do these words have in common? They are names that celebrities have given their children. Celebrities aren't the only ones giving their children weird or unusual names. There are a lot of strange...
Your Resume
HIGH SCHOOL PROMPTS Who is this guy? “I can build moveable bridges for you and also blow them up. If you want your enemies’ bridges destroyed, I can do that as well. I’m pretty handy designing and making catapults and trebuchet for your defense or offense. In times of...
Grading Essays Made Easy #2: Point Orders
Learn to grade your middle school or high school homeschool student’s essays with these practical videos from Writing with Sharon Watson. This video’s focus is point orders, with the subject matter of trash pulling them all together. Come join the fun!
Noah: Devoted or Demented?
Take a look at the recent Noah movie and others, whether religious movies or not, and compare them with the values and truths found in the Bible. Where are they similar? Where are they different? Write a compare-and-contrast movie review.
Should We Ban the Word “Bossy”?
Girls with leadership skills are sometimes called bossy, which demeans their talents, goals, abilities, and even themselves, while boys with leadership skills are not considered bossy. They are considered future leaders. Should we ban the word “bossy”? How would you define “bossy”?
Do We Spend Too Much on Our Pets?
MIDDLE SCHOOL PROMPTS You see this sweet puppy in the window of the pet store, and you can’t resist. You want to buy him. When you do, he leaps into your arms and licks your face. This little fellow is so happy—and so are you. Now he’s a friend for life. You do...
Empathetic Characters: The Author Molds Your Child’s Heart
SHARON'S BLOG I recently witnessed this conversation between a teen and his mother: . ...“The main character divorced his wife and married another woman,” the teen announced after he read his book... .“That’s not good,” his mother said. ...“But he had to, Mom. His...
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.
We All Have a Disney Side?
Perhaps you didn’t know you have a Disney side. In this Disney Parks television commercial, you’ll find an older man who shows his Disney side by becoming a Disney character—but at an awkward moment!
Gals, which Disney princess are you most like? Guys, which Disney hero are you most like?
Okay, maybe you don’t have a Disney side, but you certainly are very much like any other number of fictional characters.
Grading Essays Made Easy #1: Paragraphs in the Body
SHARON'S BLOG Your child has just handed you a completed essay, and you are ecstatic . . . until you realize you now have to grade it. Where do you begin? How do you evaluate this marvelous gift? Grading Essays Welcome to this exciting, first-in-a-series blog about...
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