Most recently, I have hit on a great idea that has been inspiring and motivating my students to generate ideas. Each morning, in the 'traffic jam' of stories waiting to be written, I frantically try not to lose those fleeting thoughts that I want to jot down in my writer's notebook. I decided to write them quickly on my Morning Message white board for the children to read as they enter the room.
My list this morning:
1."Glory Stories", another episode: The Chewed Shoes and other thoughts
2.Growing up...adding to my neighborhood map stories:
'The House my Father Built'
3.Emotions:
'Feeling Crabby' (for no reason)(is this a poem?)
Things lost, things found (my writer's notebook!, yikes)
4.Thoughts about 'being the oldest' growing up...
I watched as pens were flying across pages and hands were waving to share what idea they had written. I noticed how thoughtfully students chose to organize these seed ideas and some began writing fast and long to get down their small moments.
As we begin our second unit of study, "Raising the Quality of Narrative Writing", I really want the children to be motivated to continue writing personal narratives. Having lots of seed ideas to choose from will help them to find a story worthy of writing to publish.
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