Our book, Write Something Every Day: 366 Pencil Sharpeners for Students of Writing, provides carefully crafted writing prompts and challenges for each day.
The advice often recommended for young and old writers alike to sharpen their skills is to write something every day; the best way to learn to write is to put pencil to paper and start writing. But the question often faced by parents and teachers, and even experienced writers, is what to write?
Write Something Every Day answers these challenges with 366 pencil sharpeners for writers of all ages. With a wide variety of daily prompts, such as starting a copy book, to describing a picture, to personifying an object, to writing for a younger audience, Write Something Every Day covers the many aspects of the writer’s art.
More than just a book of assignments, Write Something Every Day also provides parents and teachers with helpful suggestions to aid in customizing these prompts in this book to meet the specific needs of students. Best of all, writers working through this book will come away with new ideas of their own for developing their writing skills, allowing the growth and sharpening of skills to continue for a lifetime of writing!
We use nearly 20 different forms of writing to keep the student engaged, including exercises and activities covering the following:
- 65 prompted free writing.
- 57 written narration.
- 48 short story.
- 42 descriptive narrative.
- 34 explanatory writing.
- 19 poetry/limerick.
- 15 compare/contrast.
- 14 persuasive essay.
- 12 note-taking.
- 11 copying.
- 8 dictation.
- 8 news story.
- 7 outline.
- 6 character sketch.
- many more!
Free sample pages of Write Something Every Day are available for preview
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Series
Mentor your child in a way that goes beyond the curriculum and speaks to the heart.
Book Details
- List Price: $24.95
- ISBN-13: 978-1956655001
- Format: Paperback
- Pages: 536
- Dimensions: 6″ x 9″
Color Images
The Starry Night Van Gogh
George Washington by Gilbert Stuart
Irises by Van Gogh
The Gleaners by Millet
Little Girl in Blue Armchair by Mary Cassatt
The Country School by Winslow Homer
Peaceable Kingdom by Edward Hicks
Sunday Reading at Country School by Nikolay Bogdanov-Belsky
Resources & Links ~ Updates
February 22 (pg. 517)
Interactive George Washington Portrait (requires flash)
https://georgewashington.si.edu/kids/flash.html
March 2 (pg. 519)
“Why We Have a Change in Seasons”
https://diyhomeschooler.com/the-equinox-a-mini-unit/
April 20 (pg. 525)
“Why Bother with Astronomy?”
https://diyhomeschooler.com/astronomy-is-essential-free-ebook/
May 11 (pg. 527)
Acadia
https://web.archive.org/web/20170413131149/https://www.nps.gov/featurecontent/acad/eCruise/eCruise.htm
July 18 (pg. 533)
Original Peanuts Comic Strip Collection
https://schulzmuseum.pastperfectonline.com/WebObject
September 21 (pg. 537)
Caldecott Medal Winners and Honor Books, 1938–Present
https://www.ala.org/sites/default/files/2025-09/caldecott-medal-honors-to-present.pdf
October 21 (pg. 539)
“Honey Bees—Life Cycle”
https://diyhomeschooler.com/free-nature-studies-the-honey-bee/
October 26 (pg. 540)
Virginia Carolinas Peanuts
https://aboutpeanuts.com/about-peanuts/
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