Dining Out

Age-appropriate writing prompts about dining out.

http://www.storiesforchrist.com/15/post/2013/11/dining-out.html

Vacation Time

LE:  If my mom and dad let me plan a vacation, we'd go to...

UE:  (Girls)  My mom and I are going on vacation by ourselves.  I have it all planned.  First we are    going to...
        (Boys)  My dad and I are going on vacation by ourselves.  I have it all planned.  First we are going to...

MS:  The perfect vacation would be...

HS:  I am taking my first vacation without my parents.  ________ and I are going to....

A:  The perfect woman's vacation is...
       The perfect man's vacation is...
   

Baby, Oh Baby

Hello my faith readers.  I didn't get to post as usual this week, but when I explain I think you'll understand.  Our precious daughter-in-law -27 weeks pregnant- began feeling ill.  My son took her to the emergency room.  The doctors were unable to get her blood pressure down and were forced to take the baby by c-section.  He weighed 1.4 lbs.  We have written updates and posted pictures.  I invite you to follow our blessings on:

https://www.facebook.com/theresa.franklin.1253

Meanwhile, my son took one picture that is write-able.  Please look at this picture and write what you think he is saying.

Tell them what I'm saying.

Please share your thoughts with me.

My Design

Dad and Son Design Room

Girl Designs Room

My Design

LE and UE:  My mom said I could design and decorate my own room this summer.  I know the color I'll paint it, the design of my bedspread, and the decorations on the wall.

MS: Our cafeteria at school is atrocious.  If I could design a school cafeteria is would...

Cafeteria Design

Theater Set Design

HS:  Guess who is in charge of the set design for the spring play?  Yep, Me.  AND they picked the worst play ever.  I have to design a set for the play....

 Adult Women:  If I could design my kitchen--money no object--here's what I'd do.

Workshop Design

Adult Men:  If I could design my own workshop--money no object--here's what I'd do.

Kitchen Design

My Own Magazine

LE:  If I could design my own magazine it would be about ...

UE:  If I wrote a magazine, it would be about horses.  I would design the cover to show....

MS:  I am going to write a magazine.  The title will be How To Get Noticed By the One You Like.  My advice is...

HS:  I am writing a magazine for teenagers.  Here is the title, cover design, and subjects covered.

A:  I am writing a magazine called How To Please Your Spouse.  Here's my best advice...

Prompted2Write--My Crazy Grandmother

 My mother-in-law provided us with many laughs in her later years.  Here is just one example.  I was driving her to the doctor and she started the conversation:

Her: "My ears are stopped up."

Me: "I'm sorry.  What do we need to do about it?"

Her:  " I don't know.  Brad's ears were stopped up."

Me:  "Oh really?"

Her:  "Oh yeah, he had to call Fedex out to clean them."

Me:  "I did not know that Fedex offered that service."

Her:  "Oh yeah, they'll come if you call them."

 I figured out she was trying to say he called the medics.  There were many more times, but some I can't write on a family friendly blog.  The funny part was that she didn't even know she had something inappropriate.  Please tell me your story.

LE:  My grandmother does the craziest things.  Last week she went on in her yard and...

UE:  If you knew some of the things my grandmother does, you'd laugh your head off.  One time my grandfather found her ...

MS:  My grandmother used to be fairly normal.  Then one day something happened and she has never been the same.  Here's the story..

HS:  I love my grandmother--except when she tries to use teenage slang to tell me something.  She can't keep the words straight and uses them all wrong.  She called my cell phone and tried to tell me about her shopping trip.  Here's what she said..

A:  Raising parents is much harder than raising kids.  At least the kids do somewhat normal things.  My parents do the dumbest things and then I have to take care of it.  Their latest escapade is...

Springtime

Where we live the weather can't decide whether it is spring or still winter.  However, I hold out hope that spring is on its way. 

LE:  In the springtime I get to go outside more.  I like to play...

UE:  In the springtime my older sister starts acting funny.  She ...

MS: It's springtime and the flowers are blooming.  When I smell the flowers I think of...

HS:  It's springtime!!  That means prom is near.  I love prom but I think it could be improved if ...

A:  I'm glad to see winter leave, but springtime means I have to...

Surprise Encounter

I hope you have fun with this story.  Remember, my goal is to help you stretch your imagination.

LE:  I was playing in my yard when I heard a loud thump behind me.  I turned around and saw...

UE:  My family heard a loud thump in the backyard.  My mother went outside to see what it was.  "Oh my gosh."  We heard her scream.  Running to the door, we saw...

MS:  My dad and I were plowing the garden.  Suddenly the tiller hit something hard and stopped.  My dad tried to see what it hit, be couldn't move the dirt.  I went to the shed and got a shovel.  You will never believe what we dug up.

HS: Jeremy always parked his car in the backyard.  That way he didn't park behind one of his parents.  His habit of driving fast, whipping around the back corner of the house, and stopping quickly was the talk of the neighbor.  "You just wait.  One day he will come around that corner and find something he wasn't expecting".  The neighbors would say.  That day came yesterday.  He drove in the driveway, avoided the broken piece of concrete, came around the back of the house, and crashed into...

A:  We received a phone call from one of our dear friends, Albert.  "You have to come over here.  Something has landed in my backyard and I need you."  Now Albert is known to stretch the truth, especially if he has been drinking.  "Describe it to me."  I told him.  This was his description.

Right to Choose

Prompted 2 Write

Right to Choose

 

There have been many comments on the right to choose.  This morning, I saw several postings about choice on a social network. Let's look at our choices.

 

LE:  If I could choose what to eat, I'd choose...
 

UE:  My parents tell me that if you choose the behavior, you choose the consequence.  If I could choose my consequence, I'd choose...
 

MS:  At the moment, my parents tell me what time to come home.  They say it is a reasonable time.  If I could choose, I'd say a reasonable time to come home is....
 

HS:  We are old enough to make our own choices now.  I'd like to choose the type of high school I attend.  I'd choose....
 

A:  If I could choose my own work schedule, I'd choose...

Dr. Seuss Writing

Prompted2Write

Dr. Seuss Writing

Well, could an imagination get any wilder than Dr. Seuss'?  He wrote about things we couldn't even dream about.  He was truly a writer that let his mind go where it wanted.  Out of that wondering mind came some great stories.  One of my favorites is called And To Think That I Saw It On Mulberry Street.  In the story, a little boy with an imagination as big as Dr. Seuss, attempted to embellish the story of a plane old horse and wagon.  With every passing page, the boy added to his story.  Soon the old horse and wagon were an entire team of horses pulling a complete band along with a number of other things.  The boy did all this because he wanted to tell his dad what he saw on the way home from school.

Today let's be like Dr. Seuss.  Just let your mind run wild and see what you can write.  It doesn't have to make sense.  Come on--Stretch that imagination.

LE:  Please read And To Think That I Saw It On Mulberry Street before giving the assignment. 

A bird lives in a tree outside my window.  Today as I watched him try to fly he turned into....

UE:  I was sitting in my bedroom, minding my own business when I heard a tremendous crash outside.  I ran to the window and saw.......

MS:  My dad told me I needed to start watching the news.  He said that if I couldn't tell him what the news reported tonight, I can't go to my friend's house this weekend.  So I watched the news.  It was boring.  I'll jazz it up for him.  Today in Peru...

HS:  Okay, I'll admit it. I have had a crush on _______ for a long time.  Today he/she spoke to me.  I could see him/her coming across the room.  The closer he/she got, the more gorgeous he/she became.  She/He looked like a movie star by the time he/she got to me.  And then it happened.  He/she opened her/his mouth and said...

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A:  You will not believe what happened at work today.  My boss was angry because an order got messed up.  He started yelling and then his face....

Balanced Diet

Prompted 2 Write

Balanced Diet

We hear a lot about the importance of eating a balanced diet.  The definition of 'balanced diet' keeps changing.  If you could write the definition of 'balanced diet' what would it be?  Finish the writing prompts below.

LE:  I hate when my mom makes me eat broccoli.  If I could eat anything I wanted, I'd eat....
UE: We studied what to eat in school, but I think we should eat more....
MS:  I know we are supposed to eat five to nine servings of vegetables each day.  We should also add five -nine servings of...
HS:  The symbol for 'balanced diet' is a pyramid, with the most servings at the bottom and getting smaller as it goes up.  I think the symbol should be....
A:  I hate being told what to eat.  I would like to rearrange the pyramid to reflect...

Flowers and Trees

Well it is getting close to springtime.  The trees and flowers are beginning to bloom.  (If you are still under snow, don't yell at me.  I live in Texas.  We don't often have snow.)  But we do have early springs with beautiful wildflowers and budding trees.  Today I'd like to give you some prompts about flowers and trees.

 

LE: I think the prettiest flower is...

UE: I would described a tree as....

MS:  My personality is best represented by the _____ tree because...

HS:  (Personification is the act of giving an inanimate object human characteristics.)  Use this definition to describe a flower or tree.  ie. My rose had bright red cheeks and a long slender neck which cascaded down to her lush green leaf colored dress.

A:  If I could be a flower or a tree, I'd be a _________.  We share some of the same charactistics such as.....

Money, Money, Money

LE:  If I had enough money, I'd buy ________________.  I think I need about _______________.

UE:  The worst problem we have is_____________.  If I had enough money I'd solve the problem by ___.

MS:  If I had enough money, I'd solve the world's problems.  I'd __________.

HS:  The greatest injustice I see in our society is _________________.  If we had the money we'd fix the problem by _______________.

A:  No matter what problem you have, it takes money to solve it.  We have a major problem in America.  We need more money to balance the budget.  Here's is my plan for getting the money.

Flu News--Writing Prompt

Despite a flu shot, I contracted the flu.  I have been sick for six days.  Since I know I'm not the only one, I decided to use the flu as our writing prompt for this week.

LE:  Mommy, I don't feel well.  My head....
UE:  My head feels like a ________ stepped on it. ...
MS:  I think the reason I feel so bad is that a ________ visited me last night and left me with .....
HS:  I have the flu.  I am very sick.  I know that because I don't even feel like talking on the phone.  My head is spinning and feels like it might...  This should be called .....
A:  The doctor said that since I took a flu shot, I only had a mild case of the flu.  I'd hate to see what a major case felt like.  I have diagnosed it as the Umpajowa. It is different from the flu because it.....

I hope you enjoy this writing prompt.  If we can't avoid the flu or its symptoms, let's at least laugh at it.  Please share your writing with me.  Right now I need to laugh.

I Have a Dream

One of the most powerful speeches in history is the I Have a Dream by Martin Luther King Jr.  Everybody has dreams.  Sometimes they are good dreams and other times they are dreams we wish to forget.  Tell me about a dream you have had or 'dream up' a dream.  Remember a dream does not have to make sense.

 

LE:  Mommy I had a dream that a bear....

UE:  I dreamed I fell off of a ......

MS:  I dreamed I was trapped in a room with....

HS:  I dreamed I lost my phone.  I felt...

A:  I dreamed that all the children....

 

As always, please share your writing with me.

 

It Fell Apart

Here is the first writing prompt for the new year.  I hope you enjoy it.  Please share your writing with me.

 

LE:  I had a great Christmas.  We got up early and ate breakfast.  Then we went to the tree to open presents.  Everything fell apart when my brother opened a ....

 

UE:  You should have been at my house Christmas morning.  My brother did  the dumbest thing.  He opened a present from my grandparents and it was .....

 

MS:  Well I had an interesting Christmas break.  We were getting read for our family's Christmas Eve dinner.  The doorbell rang and ....

 

HS:  Did you hear what happened to Jim?  He was driving home the day after Christmas when suddenly...

 

A:  My New Year's Eve didn't go as planned.  We were having a good time when Eloise walked in.  That's when everything fell apart.  Here's what happened....