- Have the fellow writers in your classroom create a journal, and supply each of them with a pencil.
- Start each class day by habitual journaling* see definition below
- Feel free to start with a prompt from this pdf.(collected off the internet, compiled by Liz Daniell)
- After 5-7 minutes of journaling, change the classroom design into a circular seating arrangement and ask for volunteers to share their journal. Feel free to get the sharing started by sharing your journal.
- Comment (Print, distribute, discuss, and model response using Peter Elbow's Responding to Writing pdf.)
- Share your results, observations, successes and failures under this post's comments. I will respond to all comments.
*habitual journaling-beginning each class period with a 5-7 minute free write. Have students journal about things they care about such as:
- hobbies
- food
- travel
- movies
- games
- social media
- the topics are endless
- If your are struggling for ideas, please see the prompts pdf. above, or do a search for: "daily writing prompts".
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