Tell me your thoughts and... Happy Writing! For more writing prompts, click on the link. I've made a booklet that contains some for each month on a variety of topics!Tweet Published in Writing Prompts of the Month Tagged under Teach With Me January Writing Prompts ideas to write about...
I joined the Army in the mid-80s straight out of high school. Being from a small town and living out in the country (way out), I couldn’t wait to get out of there. It turned out to be one of the best decisions that I’ve ever made. Wouldn’t trade it for anything. I served...
What it is:Grmr.meis a great site for middle school and high school English teachers (and anyone else who edits student writing). This site was built by, and for, English teachers to help students learn how to fix the most common grammar and punctuation errors found in writing. Topics in...
What’s unique in this story is that we start off by learning that Chloe has been dating the same guy since high school and of course that creates a bit of a problem for her, while really none at all for Sawyer. he’s just THAT confident. Luckily for the two of them, Chloe and h...
Our regular writing prompts are in hibernation so link up any post you want! What about YOU? My writing prompt for today comes to me fromMamaKat:“Find a photo of yourself taken 10 years ago and display it on your blog along with a current photo. How have you changed since the day ...
Across from us, two girls I used to go to school with are roasting marshmallows. They’re waiting for me to talk to them. That’s who I was before: the smooth talker, the guy who made girls laugh and caused them to light up with a few specially chosen words. The right smile droppe...
for the house for New Year’s Day. I took the beating and went hungry for two days because I refused to let that nastiness cross my lips. The only reason I did not starve for three days was because winter break was over and school had started again where I ate breakfast and lunch. ...
Today’s prompt for JusJoJan isrevolt.Unsurprisingly, that is one of my favorite words. I want to (and sometimes do) revolt against all kinds of things: forced use of seatbelts and motorcycle helmets, no smoking laws, Taj Mahal school buildings and giving kids computers and tablets in schoo...
This is another project possibility for my spring all school art show (we create several pictures within a theme using different media/techniques & then the students select their favorite work out of those works). This project took two class times for students to complete. The first day they ...
There were almost—but not quite—enough of us writing letters And calling for swing sets instead of asphalt, parks before parking Lots, the woods rather than condos called The Woods. Almost enough voted against coal ash pits and pig shit ponds ...