Showing posts with label Short story. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Short story. Show all posts

Tuesday, August 14, 2012

English Arts - Writing Topic Prompter

Medieval writing desk
Medieval writing desk (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
     Ever want to sit down and write a story, but your mind is blank?
     I often wish there were some magical way to break down those mental blocks, whether for writing or art or anything creative.
     Well, this free tool I found could help me, plus homeschool and classroom students for those journals or stories they need to write.
     I also figure it could help us artist-types who want to think of a topic for their art journals or next painting or artist trading card. It could even jog us scrapbookers into designing a page they wouldn't have thought to make otherwise.
    Here's how Homeschool Launch describes this free online tool, the English Arts - Writing Topic Prompter
     "The hardest part of writing a story is starting it! Use this story prompter to generate some ideas and get your creative juices flowing.
Writing
Writing
(Photo credit: Wikipedia)
     If you type in a name, the prompter will use it. Make sure to specify "boy name" or "girl name" - or you may end up with some silly results! If you don't type in a name, the prompter will choose one for you randomly."
     I tried it just now, and when I entered my youngest son Noah's name, this is the prompt I got:

She looked at Noah. "What happened to you? It looks like you just escaped a tornado!"


http://www.hsunlimited.com/english-lessons/prompter.php
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Thursday, August 9, 2012

Free FROM THE TOWER WINDOW of MY BOOK HOUSE (PDF ebook)

Books
Books (Photo credit: henry…)

We've gotta love books that are a treasury of a variety of stories and poems, right? At least I always have. I remember as a little girl I would travel on the bus alone to the big library across town from where I lived at the time in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. We were allowed to take out 14 books at once, and I would always choose the biggest books of children's anthologies whenever possible. I'd wind up with a huge, heavy pile of books to bring home, lol. No wonder I was stronger than I looked.
books
books (Photo credit: brody4)
     Well here's a great free anthology book called "FROM THE TOWER WINDOW of MY BOOK HOUSE (PDF ebook)"
     It goes with the other one I mentioned the other day.
"Lev Tolstoy in Yasnaya Polyana", 19...
"Lev Tolstoy in Yasnaya Polyana", 1908, the first color photo portrait in Russia Français : « Léon Tolstoï à Iasnaïa Poliana », 1908, le premier portrait photographique en couleur en Russie. Suomi: "Leo Tolstoi Jasnaja Poljanassa", 1908. Ensimmäinen Venäjällä otettu värimuotokuva. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
     I can't wait to read it for myself,. and share it with my kids for homeschooling and otherwise. (I hope to read some of the stories outloud onto tape or something for my youngest to give to him.)
     Among the entries are a story by Tolstoy, Robin Hood tales, and many other classics and gems. There are some amazing color and ink illustrations as well!
     Here's how Jim Erskine describes it: "This week we have another book in this wonderful library of historical tales, short stories, legends, and poetry from many lands and times. This is another great volume in the much beloved MY BOOK HOUSE series from the early 1900s, chock full of excellent stuff for read aloud and (educational) pleasure reading. Again, it is highly recommended!
     To download yours, go here: http://www.homeschoolfreebie.wholesomechildhood.com/from-the-tower-window-of-my-bookhouse/

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