Theme Prompts

Young Elementary

– Write about your home-  your family or school, or neighborhood or another group. 

– What good words help you be stronger and happier

Elementary/ Middle School

– Write about your community- where you feel you belong- home, or school, or neighborhood, or another group.  

– Write about words that help you grow .  Those words might come from an adult, a book, a friend, a song.  

High School and Adult:  

-Anne Bradstreet’s contemporaries intended to build ‘a shining city on a hill’ that would be an example and an inspiration. Your vision of an ideal community may be quite different from theirs.  Can you describe    your ideal community and / or how to move toward your dream today?

– Words can have a profound impact on individuals and groups.  What words have helped you or your community grow and develop?  What words would help?