Non-Fiction

Want something to do during the holiday season that is both fun and involves thinking? Get students writing about what a snowman would think about Halloween or what a ghost would think about Thanksgiving.

How does a drink’s packaging affect us emotionally and logically?

What if Kylo Ren wrote a love letter to Abe Lincoln or the Sahara Desert wrote one to the Moon?

Let’s see how propaganda techniques can make even something great seem bad.

Ever ask students to create research questions? Were their ideas a bit… blah? My own students had a very hard time writing questions they didn’t already know the answer to! This video is how I solved that problem: upgrade research questions with depth and complexity.

Upgrade compare and contrast writing with just a couple of key words.

Starting with an old-timey photo, students will write from a particular item’s point of view.

Let’s write the cleverest Mother’s Day cards you’ve ever seen!

Did you ever notice that the structure of an essay is very similar to the structure of a paragraph? Hmm…

Can you write directions so clear that a group of kids can put a toy together with no illustrations?

Wouldn’t some holidays be better on a certain day of the week? Should Thanksgiving have a set date?

When I see a quote, I often think, “That’s not quite right!”

What if an inanimate object could express thanks for a special person in your life? What would it write?