Intro to Writing, Part 6: Easily Develop Thesis Statements
SHARON'S BLOG Thesis Statements A guy walks in to your living room and blurts out, “Pizza.” You look at him and wonder what he means. Well, you know the subject matter—pizza—but you don’t know where he’s going with this. He could take it in any of these directions: “I...
Intro to Writing, Part 5: Point Orders
SHARON'S BLOG Problems with Point Orders? One of my students handed in an interesting essay on volcanic activity. She included lots of facts, dates, and anecdotes, but there was one big problem. There was no rhyme or reason for the order in which she put her facts....
Intro to Writing, Part 4: Paragraphs
SHARON'S BLOG Can a chart rescue poorly written paragraphs? Do your students have trouble coming up with ideas to put in their paragraphs? Are their paragraphs only one or two sentences long? Are they a jumbled mess of ideas? A paragraph is all about one idea. In it,...
Intro to Writing, Part 3: Outlines
SHARON'S BLOG Outlines. Did I lose you already? The idea of outlines and actually creating them can be confusing and frustrating to our students. But what if we could make organizing material a little easier for them? Intro to Writing, Part 3 takes some of the pain...
Download Your Free Sample of Teach Your Students How to Take Notes
SHARON'S BLOG Are you worried that your students won’t be able to take notes in classes? Would you like to sharpen their listening skills? Teach Your Students How to Take Notes, our most popular eBook, provides you with easy-to-use lessons for seven weeks,...
Photo-Inspired Prompts
SHARON'S BLOG “A writer is simply a photographer of thoughts.” -Brandon A. Trean Oftentimes our writing spills forth from an experience we’ve had or memory we’ve made. We keep a picture or image in our mind’s eye about that event, and it becomes the inspiration that...
Go to the Ant—A Picnic Prompt
SHARON'S BLOGSummer is almost here, and that means picnics! When you think of picnics, what comes to mind? It might be fried chicken, sweet tea, or potato salad. You might think of your mom, siblings, or other family members at a park. Maybe you think of Frisbees,...
16 Travel-Writing Prompts
SHARON'S BLOGAre you a homebody or do you love to gallivant? To gallivant is to travel, wander, or globetrot. Does that sound like you? Whatever you happen to be, you can use these 16 writing prompts to become an armchair traveler and see the world right from...
The 3 Most Popular Tutorials of 2017
SHARON'S BLOG Need tutorials for your students? We've got 'em, and they're free. These practical tutorials are complete with a lesson, printable worksheets, an exercise, and the answers. Use them now or bookmark them for later. Here are the three most popular ones on...
Dear Future Me
SHARON'S BLOGLife is about making decisions, and you've got some large ones in your future. Big ones include your future education or training: Should you pursue a college or technical degree. If you do, which one? Will you make the best choice? Will you change your...
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