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Writing Skill 1

“I generate ideas in a variety of ways.”

Good writers draw inspiration for writing from a variety of sources. To generate many ideas, they experiment with different strategies and processes, such as imagination, research, background knowledge, personal experience, discussion, artifacts and visual aids.

Header-Writing-Activities

  • Concept Maps
  • Finding Fabulous Quotes
  • Free Write
  • Gallery Tour
  • Gallery Walk
  • Great First Lines
  • Heart Maps
  • Inside Outside Circles
  • Instead of a Journal
  • Journalists’ Questions
  • PWIM: What’s in a Picture?
  • Research Report
  • Scene One
  • Seeing Both Sides
  • Stretching a Setting

Header-Reading-Writing-Connect-Activities-2Primary
  • Bats at the Library
  • Egg Drop
  • Emu
  • Is There Really a Human Race?
  • My Blue Is Happy
  • One Is a Snail Ten Is a Crab
  • Spaghetti and Meatballs for All!
Intermediate
  • Baseball Saved Us
  • Crickwing
  • La belle lisse poire
  • Le livre des petits pourquoi
  • Out of My Mind
  • Sparrow Girl
  • The One and Only Ivan
  • The Rabbits (Intermediate)
  • Une Figue de Rêve

Secondary
  • Childhood Obesity
  • Les mystères de Harris Burdick
  • One Hen
  • Thank You, M’am
  • The Mysteries of Harris Burdick
  • The Trouble with Testosterone
  • Vaccine Effectiveness
  • Way Home

Coaching Phrases
"Tell me your ideas about ..."

"Don't worry about spelling."

"How many ideas can you think of ... ?"

assessment
Look for:
• breadth and depth of ideas
• a variety of sources for ideas
• many perspectives identified
• a sense of open-mindedness
• a range of creative ideas

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