Igniting Writing ! ! ! ! Middle Mosaic BCTELA 2014 Faye - PowerPoint PPT Presentation

Igniting Writing ! ! ! ! Middle Mosaic BCTELA 2014 Faye Brownlie

Quick Writes • Give a word • 15 seconds to think • 2-3 minutes to write • Word count • Find a phrase, short piece you’d like to share • As the students stand and share, listen for nuggets you might be able to use in some way in your writing ! • Paint, train – the words we used today

Picture Prompts • Talk to your partner about what you are seeing, wondering, thinking about in this picture…think about how it connects to ‘paint’ and ‘train’ • Share 2-3 pictures. • Walk and talk with a partner: what is the story behind the pictures? What is the story/text that is sparked in your thinking by the words, the writing, the conversation, the pictures. • Quick write of 10 minutes or so.