‘Tis the Season for Giving
HIGH SCHOOL PROMPTS Charitable organizations need help and often ask for money around Christmas and at the year's end. You may be familiar with the bell ringers of the Salvation Army and their red buckets near store entrances. The Salvation Army, the Red Cross,...
Set Another Place at the Table
MIDDLE SCHOOL PROMPTS What's the second thing that happens to Bilbo Baggins in The Hobbit? He's visited by twelve dwarves and one wizard. They come for tea (late afternoon) and stay for supper, eating the provisions in his pantry, taking up room in his tidy hobbit...
Gather Around the Campfire . . . or the TV
HIGH SCHOOL PROMPTS Gathering around the campfire as a family or with your friends in the summer at camp or during the crisp fall days can be fun. Whether you're singing or roasting marshmallows for s'mores, it's a unique experience. Gathering around the TV to watch a...
Three Ways to Be a Better Father
MIDDLE SCHOOL PROMPTS Many people want to be the best they can be at something, and when it comes to fathers, fatherhood.gov has some ideas. Here are three ideas from that website on how to be a good father: Respect your children's mother. Spend time with your...
Too Late! It’s Gone!
HIGH SCHOOL PROMPTS Ever wonder what your life would be like without some of your favorite people or things? In P. D. James' futuristic novel Children of Men, she wants people to consider what the world would be like without any new babies. So her novel is all about...
Rice and Beans . . . or Steak
HIGH SCHOOL PROMPTS National Hunger and Homeless Awareness Week occurs every year in the United States the week before Thanksgiving. Some communities host fund-raisers or hold hunger walks to raise money for homeless shelters. Libraries forgive fines if patrons bring...
The Best Time to Make Friends
MIDDLE SCHOOL PROMPTS So, when is the best time to make friends? The famous actress Ethel Barrymore (great-aunt to Drew Barrymore) has an idea about that: "The best time to make friends is before you need them." – Ethel Barrymore Now it's your turn: Write down a few...
Strange Hotels
HIGH SCHOOL PROMPTS Would you like to rent a room undersea? Then head over to Jules' Undersea Lodge off the coast of Key Largo, Florida. Named for the famous Jules Verne and his early sci-fi story 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea, this hotel caters to divers who like to...
Who Is on Your Team?
Young Ender Wiggin, in Ender’s Game by Orson Scott Card, is smallish for his age, smart, and a bit of a misfit. In the movie of the same name by Summit Entertainment, Colonel Graff wants Ender to remain a misfit and even manipulates events so the other young students will hate Ender. Graff doesn’t want Ender to rely on anyone and even cuts off his emails to and from home so the young boy can focus on his studies.
Despite the people in his life that try to keep Ender from forming relationships, he creates his own network of friends and allies as he moves through the classes and battle games. He realizes, as does the psychiatrist Major Anderson,
Getting Paid to Hug?
Teachers in the Jiangdu District of China know how important it is to hug their students. In fact, they hug their kindergarten students twice a day . . . as long as the parents have paid their “hugging fee,” according to Chuck Sheppard’s News of the Weird.
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