Writing+activities

=Journal prompts= 
 * If I were the teacher, I would...
 * If I could give one piece of advice to any person in history, that advice would be...
 * Describe a dream that you had recently. Provide as many details as possible.
 * The best lesson my grandparent (or parent or any relative) ever taught me was...
 * [on the day after the Grammy Awards are announced.] Do you think the right artists won? Why or why not?
 * Tell five things you'd like to do on your next birthday.
 * In 20 years, I will be...


 * Tell about an event in your life that has caused a change in you.
 * I was most angry when...
 * If you could design one room in a house to suit only your needs, what would it look like? (Challenge kids to be as fanciful as they like. For example, would someone have a desk made of chocolate?)
 * Describe your perfect vacation.
 * My worst mistake was...
 * You have the freedom to travel to any city or country in the world. Where would you go and why?


 * What would you do if you were Prime Minister?
 * You have an extra $100,000 to give away; you cannot spend it on yourself. What would you do with the money?
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 * <span style="color: #000000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; margin-left: 10px; margin-left: 10px; margin-top: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">If you were an insect, what kind would you be and why?
 * <span style="color: #000000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; margin-left: 10px; margin-left: 10px; margin-top: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">[using a current local controversy] Do you agree with the decision? Why? Would you change if anything? What?

> > Source: [|Education World] >
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=[|Write It, Live It: Six Steps to Help Kids Write Their Own Lives]= An activity in which kids write their autobiographies -- backwards -- to realize their dreams. Included: Six steps for writing a goal-oriented autobiography. We all aim to have well-rounded kids who possess vision and purpose. While all children have varying levels of strengths, talents and interests, what’s most important is that they discover what their passion is. The most effective way we can help them with that is by having them write their own life story -- ahead of time. By considering interests to be the same as a theme in a book, children are able to construct a plot that will allow them to achieve their dreams. Here is an exercise that can be done with children eight-years-old and above:
 * 1) Have students sit comfortably with their eyes closed, and take several deep breaths. Continue until they are completely relaxed.
 * 2) Tell them to just listen to the sound of your voice.
 * 3) Guide them through a visualization exercise by using the script below. They will create their own image, however. In no way should you describe the event.
 * 4) Say, “Imagine you are sitting in a room, watching TV. On the screen, you see yourself doing something that you love to do; something that makes you very happy. You notice that what you are doing is also making other people happy. Feel how excited that makes you.”
 * 5) When they are able to “see” that image (which might take more than one round of this exercise), ask them to explain in detail what they visualized. This will be their “theme.”
 * 6) Encourage students to write down what they’ve “seen,” or help them take notes about it.