Sometimes when I’m looking for inspiration or when I am trying to get my students inspired I will do a short free write activity. This involve sometimes choosing a topic and setting an alarm for a short amount of time. I usually don’t go more than 2 or 3 minutes. Then I write whatever comes to mind. The pencil can’t stop writing and if I get stuck, I write the topic until I think of something to write or I doodle a bit. Sometimes for my students I will give them 4 or 5 options of starters to get them going. For example, if the topic was bullying, I might give them the following starters. 1) Bullying is…. 2) When I am bullied I feel…. 3) When I see bullying I feel… 4) Bullies are… 5) I am… This might put them in the right direction and if they stumble they can move on to the next starter.
After the 2 minutes are up, I reduce the words to the ones I think are most important. Here is what I came up with.
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