Write Off the Bat: Heart Maps
I like to call heart maps creative lists. This is a great writing activity to generate ideas for any age group. Students can then look back at the maps as they decide on a topic to write as a poem, narrative, memoir, and even nonfiction throughout the year.
Write Off the Bat: One Little Word
It's become a bit of a tradition in my classroom these past few years and I make sure to practice it with my students as well. I enjoy this as a way of both getting them to write and building community from day one.
Writing Beyond the Boundaries
When is writing not actually writing?
Lately I have been re-evaluating what it means to write or more accurately what counts as writing.