Here's just a sample of the writing prompts for the coming week.
December 1: In 1990, the two ends of a tunnel connecting Great Britain and France were connected. The diggers had started at each end and met in the middle, 132 feet below the bottom of the English Channel. It took a lot of careful planning to meet like that. Have you ever done something that needed a lot of planning? What did you plan? How well did your plans work out?
December 2: Def Leppard’s Rick Savage was born in 1960. Def Leppard’s name is very unusual and spelled in an unusual way, to arouse curiosity and interest among listeners. Suppose you wanted to start a music group. What name would you choose to attract people to listen to your music? Think of several, and try them out on your classmates.
December 4: Thomas Carlyle, Scottish historian and essayist, was born in 1795. He once wrote, “Not what I have, but what I do is my kingdom.” What do you think he meant by this?