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4 Simple Ways to Encourage Your Teens to Write 

4 Simple Ways to Encourage Your Teens to Write 

by Kay Chance | Building Family Relationships, Encouraging & Equipping You, How to Homeschool, Learning with Living Books, Teaching Writing

Do you have teens who are reluctant to write? Do they think they don’t have anything worthwhile to say? Maybe they are intimidated by a blank sheet of paper? Or perhaps they see writing as just another assignment to complete. Don’t worry! You can encourage...
How to Teach Your Teens to Write for the Real World

How to Teach Your Teens to Write for the Real World

by Kay Chance | Learning with Living Books, Teaching Language Arts, Teaching Writing

Writing for teens should go beyond just writing essays and research papers. Teach your middle school and high school students to write for the real world. [The following post contains affiliate links. You can read my disclosure here.] For me, high school writing...
How to Teach Language Arts with Outstanding Real Books

How to Teach Language Arts with Outstanding Real Books

by Kay Chance | Encouraging & Equipping You, Homeschool Curriculum, Resources, & Book Reviews, Learning with Living Books, Teaching Language Arts, Teaching Writing

I don’t ever remember wanting to reread a textbook from school. Do you? Honestly, the only books I remember from my English classes were a few of the novels, the real books, that we read, along with some short stories from anthologies. But the real books? As an...
What if Elizabeth Bennet Had a Blog? (A Creative Writing & Literature Study for Teens)

What if Elizabeth Bennet Had a Blog? (A Creative Writing & Literature Study for Teens)

by Kay Chance | Learning with Living Books, Teaching Language Arts, Teaching Writing

Language Arts doesn’t have to be boring! Here’s a fun assignment that helps teens combine literary analysis, academic, and creative writing—because blogs are simply essays in disguise! [The following post contains affiliate links. You can read my...
Writing Lessons with The Three Little Pigs (Creative Writing for Multiple Ages)

Writing Lessons with The Three Little Pigs (Creative Writing for Multiple Ages)

by Kay Chance | Learning with Living Books, Teaching Language Arts, Teaching Writing

[The following post contains affiliate links. You can read my disclosure here.] Once upon a time, a teacher wanted to teach multiple children, of varying ages at the same time…Ok, maybe that isn’t the beginning of an actual fairy tale, but I think most homeschool moms...
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