I am sure that you all know the famous story of Aladdin and the Lamp. In this adventure, Aladdin finds a dirty oil lamp in the sand. He rubs the lamp to clean it off and "poof!" - a magical, wish-granting genie appears. Put yourself in Aladdin's shoes: you found the lamp, you awoke the genie, and now you have been granted three wishes.

In this creative writing blog post, I want you to pretend you're Aladdin, and tell me what you'd wish for if a genie could grant you any three (3) wishes.  Take it seriously and think critically and creatively about your wishes. Really, stop for a second, and think about this.  How would these wishes impact your life? Why did you select these three specifics wishes. Also, remember the old adage:  "Be careful what you wish for; it just might come true." In a well-written (correct capitalization, punctuation, and sentence structures) paragraph, tell me about your three wishes and the reasons why you chose them.

This blog post will be due on Sunday, April 20th at midnight.  I will not give credit to any blogs submitted after this deadline. 

April 1st is an American holiday - April Fool's Day. Every April 1st, people play pranks on each other, trying to see if they can make other people into fools. The pranks are to be "good-spirited," and are not done to be mean or malicious. In honor of April Fool's Day, I want you to write a well-written paragraph (8-10 sentences), describing a good prank.

In this creative writing blog post, I want you to describe a prank in a good, well-written paragraph.  If  you aren't sure what a prank is, please search for this word in a dictionary.  In the prank, describe the prank in detail, and tell me who is involved in the prank, and who you would "pull the prank on" (or do the prank to).   Maybe, you could do a prank today, and then write a paragraph telling me about what you did and to whom.

This blog post will be due on Sunday, April 6th at midnight.  I will not give credit to any blogs submitted after this deadline.