The Neural Advantage of Speaking 2 Languages

http://www.scientificamerican.com/article.cfm?id=bilingual-brains

Write Every Day

Write every day...cannot emphasize this enough.
Here
are some writing prompts...

http://www.theteacherscorner.net/daily-writing-prompts/february/

Creative Writing

http://www.pearsonlongman.com/ae/marketing/sfesl/writingprompts/writingprompts_level8.html