It's been a month since the last assignment. I'm sure everyone has been busy.  For this assignment, chose something that has happened in the past month and write a newspaper article about the event.  Be sure to answer the 5 W's; who, what, where, when, why.  (You don't have to use real names or places to protect your privacy.  Fictional names and places are just fine, but keep the event in tact otherwise.)

After this assignment we will be taking a break until the begining of August.  That will give you time to do some of the other assignments that you missed from the past year.

Looking forward to reading what you write.

Have a great summer!

After posting your assignment, don't forget to come back and sign Mr. Linky.

This year on May 11, we will be celebrating Mother’s Day.  You can read a bit about the history of Mother’s Day at Mother’s Day on the Net.

Write a letter or a poem to your mother expressing how you feel about her and what makes her the perfect mom for you.  Afterward you may want to make a homemade card for her with your sentiments inside.

Make a list of things that you can do to be a good steward over the Earth that has been given to us.

Examples are: 

They have a ton of money

He has a brain the size of a pea.

He’s older than the hills.

I could just die.

He was as big as a house.

I’m so hungry I could eat a horse.

I’ve told you a million times.

She’s walking on cloud nine.

Write a short story about you day but fill it with hyperboles. (exaggerations)

Find or draw a picture of your dream place to have school.  Then write about why you like this place and how you think you could do your schoolwork better there.

This assignment may stretch your mind and imagination.

Easter is the celebration of the Resurrection of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. To fulfill the prophesy of Scripture and to guarantee salvation to those who believe and trust in Him, His earthly body died on what we call Good Friday and the rose again three days later. Then He ascended into heaven to be with God our Father. 

For this assignment, think about these events from our past and how they have affected your life.  Now consider what it would have been like if God had decided to fulfill the prophesy in our time. Describe how you think the events would have unfolded?  How would your life have been different?  What do you think the world would have been like?  Consider all the things we have today and what it was like back then.  Write your story from any point of view you may wish, for example: as a news reporter, as an apostle, as a follower, as a religious leader, etc…  Keep the same events: betrayal by Judas, handed over for trail, trail and persecution, crucificition on the cross, burial and resurrection. You are only setting the time frame in the present, not altering the physical events.

Again, this assignment is only to stretch your mind and make you think.

This weekend we had to set our clocks forward one hour, figuratively losing an hour.  If you could have all those hours that we supposedly lost back what would you do with them?

Biographies tell the story of real person.  Using your research from the previous assignment write a short biography about the person you chose.

Writers often are required to do research when they write about something.  For this assignment you are going to put some of your research skills to work.  February is known as Black History month.  Chose someone that fits into this category and do some research about that person.  Then make a list of 10 facts that you learned about that person.  Be sure to save this information because for the next assignment you will write a min-biography about that person using your information.

February 18^th of this year is President’s Day.  On this day we remember our United States’  Presidents especially George Washington and Abraham Lincoln.  Both Washington and Lincoln are fondly remembered for their honesty.

Write an editorial expressing your opinion about the place of honesty in today’s government.

Design a special Valentine to give to God.  You may write a poem or sentiment or make one from paper and scan it into the computer to post.  You can use a desktop publishing program to create your Valentine them post your picture.  You can create your Valentine anyway you wish for this post.

Here is a classic writing idea for this week’s assignment.

Take your favorite fairy tale but tell it from a different point of view.  For example: 

Re-tell the story of Little Red Riding Hood from the Wolf’s side of the story.

Or

Try telling Cinderella’s adventures from the glass slipper’s view of the story.

Or

How about letting Goldilocks have her say about the three bears.

Any story will work.

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Betty Botter had some butter,
"But," she said, "this butter's bitter.
If I bake this bitter butter,
it would make my batter bitter.
But a bit of better butter--
that would make my batter better."

So she bought a bit of butter,
better than her bitter butter,
and she baked it in her batter,
and the batter was not bitter.
So 'twas better Betty Botter
bought a bit of better butter.

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She sells sea shells by the sea shore.
The shells she sells are surely seashells.
So if she sells shells on the seashore,
I'm sure she sells seashore shells.

How much wood would a woodchuck chuck
if a woodchuck could chuck wood?
He would chuck, he would, as much as he could,
and chuck as much wood as a woodchuck would
if a woodchuck could chuck wood.

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Most of us have heard these silly tongue twisting poems before.  But did you know that they use the fun literary device called ‘alliteration’?  Alliteration, simply put, is the same sound starts a series of words or syllables.  Writers use alliteration as a type of word music in their writing or to grab the readers’ attention.

Chose a letter and write your own tongue twister using alliteration.  Make sure you write complete sentences.   

On Monday, January 21^st, we recognize an important man in American history.  Martin Luther King, Jr. was one of the voices stemming from the civil rights movement. On August 28, 1963, he made the well known “I Have a Dream” speech. Among his words he spoke of freedom for all.  What is your definition of freedom and do you think that Martin Luther King’s dream for freedom for all has come to pass.  Explain your answer.

After posting your assignment to your blog, please come back and fill in Mr. Linky with your name (or username) and the web address(URL) of your posting.  You can find your URL by opening your blog page to the assignment, then copying the web address from the top of your Browser.  This will make it easier for your fellow HSKW friends to view your blog. 

Make up your own secret code and write a brief message using it.  Be sure to post your code along with your message so that others may decipher what you have written.  You may use letter, symbols, numbers or, if you are really ambitious pictures.

This week’s assignment has to do with the New Year.  Many people make resolutions for the New Year.  Here’s a switch.  Instead of writing about the things you resolve to do write about some things you don’t want to do. For example: I don’t want to eat grasshoppers this year.  Have fun and get silly.

After posting your assignment to your blog, please come back and fill in Mr. Linky with your name (or username) and the web address(URL) of your posting.  You can find your URL by opening your blog page to the assignment, then copying the web address from the top of your Browser.  This will make it easier for your fellow HSKW friends to view your blog. 

One of our classmates, 01 Charger (Ashley) is hosting a contest on her blog for the 12 Blogs of Christmas sponsored by Homeschool e-store. For this week’s assignment I encourage you to enter.  Swing by her blog for all the rules and the topic question.  Click here for the assignment:  

After you have posted your entry, left her a comment letting her know, please come back and sign Mr. Linky so we can check out your posts.  Be creative and good luck.

Wrapping paper or gift bags?

Real or artificial tree?

When do you put up the tree?

When do you take it down?

Angel or star on the top of your tree?

White lights or colored lights on the tree?

Blinking lights or solid glow?

What are some of your favorite ornaments?

Do your decorations follow a holiday theme?

Do you have a Nativity scene?

Favorite gift received as a child?

When do you start Christmas shopping?

Have you ever shopped the night before Christmas?

Have you ever recycled a Christmas gift?

Hardest person to buy for?

Easiest person to buy for?

Worst Christmas gift you ever received?

Do you open presents on Christmas Eve or Day?

Mail or e-mail cards?

Favorite Christmas movie?

Favorite Christmas song? 

Favorite thing to eat at Christmas?

Travel for Christmas or stay home?

Most annoying thing about this time of year?

What do you love most about Christmas?

Can you name all of “Santa’s” reindeer?

 After posting your assignment to your blog, please come back and fill in Mr. Linky with your name (or username) and the web address(URL) of your posting.  You can find your URL by opening your blog page to the assignment, then copying the web address from the top of your Browser.  This will make it easier for your fellow HSKW friends to view your blog. 

If you’d like to add pictures representing this tradition, please do.

After posting your assignment to your blog, please come back and fill in Mr. Linky with your name (or username) and the web address(URL) of your posting.  You can find your URL by opening your blog page to the assignment, then copying the web address from the top of your Browser.  This will make it easier for your fellow HSKW friends to view your blog.