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Apr 5, 2026 · 4 min read

The Writing Prompt That Changed Everything for Me

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Tia Howell
3rd Grade Teacher · Southern Oregon

One small shift in how I frame writing prompts made my students go from one-sentence responses to paragraphs. Here's exactly what I say.

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