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Homeschooling Reluctant Writers #8: Ideal Summer Vacation
Homeschooling Reluctant Writers (A series of 10 fun writing assignments given by a pirate) Aaaaarrggghh! This is Dread Pirate Susan Evans here to give you ideas for homeschooling reluctant writers....
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Homeschooling Reluctant Writers #9: Mysterious Picture
Homeschooling Reluctant Writers (A series of 10 fun writing assignments given by a pirate) Aaaaarggh! This is Dread Pirate Susan Evans, here to give you ideas for homeschooling reluctant writers....
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Homeschooling Reluctant Writers: Scrapbooking Supplies
Homeschooling Reluctant Writers (A series of 10 fun writing assignments given by a pirate) Aaaaarrggghh! This is Dread Pirate Susan Evans here to give you ideas for homeschooling reluctant writers....
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Macbeth Poem for Kids
This Macbeth poem for kids was written by my 11-year-old son when he was given the assignment to write a summary of Macbeth. He decided to do the summary as a poem. My kids said that Macbeth was the...
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A Midsummer Night’s Dream Poem
My 11-year-old son Stephen Evans wrote a poem to summarize A Midsummer Night’s Dream by Shakespeare: I will tell you a hilarious comedy, The best I ever said. Four lovers ran into the woods And...
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Haiku: Memories of England
Back when I lived in England as a teacher before I was married, I wrote a set of haiku. If you are not familiar with this type of Japanese poetry, it is only three lines, with five, seven, and five...
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Ode to the Mona Lisa
My son Stephen Evans, who is 11 years old, wrote this “Ode to the Mona Lisa” a few days ago during our poetry class. An ode is a lyric poem. Lyric poems often have a refrain, or words that are...
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Civil War Letter
My 11-year-old son wrote a Civil War letter as a writing assignment for his Civil War Binder. I read many Civil War letters to my kids to get a flavor for what would be going through the mind of a...
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Humorous Summary of Paradise Lost
My son Bryan wrote a fun summary of Paradise Lost by John Milton: It all started when the #1 angel, Lucifer, made the most monumental miscalculation in the history of the universe. Somehow the most...
View ArticleHamlet: Goofy Skits for Your Merriment
My kids performed some goofy skits to summarize Shakespeare’s Hamlet. My daughter played the parts of both Queen Gertrude and Ophelia. My oldest son was the wicked uncle, Claudius. My youngest son was...
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