Unfortunately I missed class on Thursday and feel as though I missed out on a lesson that would have been of great use for not only our memoir project, but also for helping students generate ideas for a writing lesson. Thankfully, Kayleen filled me in on the activities the class did to generate ideas for their memoirs.
I tried the activity where you listed a few adjectives that described yourself and then wrote a sentence using the word and then doing the same with the next sentence but this time relating it to the first sentence. I believe this technique is great way to help keep the ideas flowing. It has helped give me some direction on my song.
The second activity is one that I have used before in a class. Giving your students a direct topic, such as The Grossest Ice Cream I Ever Ate, helps give the students a direction. Young writers will benefit from this idea. They will not have to spend so much time figuring out what to write about or where to begin. I decided to write about the best school I had ever attended. I attended 11 different schools and beleive this played an important role in who I am today, so it was a good start!
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It really was a great class, and the techniques were very helpful. I agree the grossest ice cream ever, would be a great activity for kids to generate ideas. We had fun, I know our group was laughing and having a great time even though we were the last to finish!
ReplyDeleteI did like the activity where we had to describe ourselves and then relate sentence to each one. It's a helpful writting tool.
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