Share something with the class.
100-150 words.
Check for spelling, conventions, etc.
Showing posts with label freewriting. Show all posts
Showing posts with label freewriting. Show all posts
Friday, June 1, 2012
Monday, May 14, 2012
Journal #26
5-minute freewrite.
Topics (if you need 'em):
Mother's Day
Weather
The Avengers
Science
Regret
Wednesday, March 14, 2012
digital freewrite, Friday, March 9
As part of our continued emphasis on writing, and, specifically, to bolster your writing fluency, today's task is to write at least 1000 words. How will you accomplish this? By writing uninterrupted for 30 solid minutes.
Here's how.
Create a new Google Doc. Get started writing, and don't stop.
The sub will keep track of time. Your goal is to continue writing; not stopping, not correcting, not obsessing over the details. It's the same as when we write in our journals. Stay focused, and let others stay focused: NO TALKING. (If you have a question for the sub, raise your hand.)
Need a topic to get you started?
* Your favorite sport or athlete
* A time you solved a tricky problem.
* A time you had to persuade others to change their minds.
* Drama
* Relationships
* Once upon a time...
* In a galaxy far away...
* If I were President...
* It's time for change...
Don't worry if your writing leads you in different directions, though. That's the nature of a freewrite.
The sub will inform you when 30 minutes have passed. Then, at that point, I want you to find the best written (or otherwise most interesting) passage from your freewrite, highlight it, and then briefly write about why you chose it.
Title your document like so: [First] [Last] freewrite [period]. For example:
DON'T FORGET TO SHARE IT WITH ME!
Here's how.
Create a new Google Doc. Get started writing, and don't stop.
The sub will keep track of time. Your goal is to continue writing; not stopping, not correcting, not obsessing over the details. It's the same as when we write in our journals. Stay focused, and let others stay focused: NO TALKING. (If you have a question for the sub, raise your hand.)
Need a topic to get you started?
* Your favorite sport or athlete
* A time you solved a tricky problem.
* A time you had to persuade others to change their minds.
* Drama
* Relationships
* Once upon a time...
* In a galaxy far away...
* If I were President...
* It's time for change...
Don't worry if your writing leads you in different directions, though. That's the nature of a freewrite.
The sub will inform you when 30 minutes have passed. Then, at that point, I want you to find the best written (or otherwise most interesting) passage from your freewrite, highlight it, and then briefly write about why you chose it.
Title your document like so: [First] [Last] freewrite [period]. For example:
Marvin Martian freewrite 5thThen share it with me.
DON'T FORGET TO SHARE IT WITH ME!
Friday, October 7, 2011
Journal #19
Freewrite and don't stop.
Don't correct. If you can't think of something, write, "I can't think of something," until you think of something. Then write that.
Don't stop!
(Remember: it's not a race. You don't have to write super-fast.)
WHEN FINISHED:
How did you do this time?
1. How many words? How many words per minute?
2. Did you write all the way through? Rate yourself from 1-10.
3. Briefly explain your rating. Compare your results with last time's. Was there a difference? If so, why? If not, why not?
Don't correct. If you can't think of something, write, "I can't think of something," until you think of something. Then write that.
Don't stop!
(Remember: it's not a race. You don't have to write super-fast.)
WHEN FINISHED:
How did you do this time?
1. How many words? How many words per minute?
2. Did you write all the way through? Rate yourself from 1-10.
3. Briefly explain your rating. Compare your results with last time's. Was there a difference? If so, why? If not, why not?
Friday, September 30, 2011
Journal #14
Freewrite and don't stop.
Don't correct. If you can't think of something, write, "I can't think of something," until you think of something. Then write that.
Don't stop!
(It's not a race. You don't have to write super-fast.)
When you're done, reflect:
1. How many words did you write?
2. Did you write all the way through? Rate yourself from 1-10.
3. Briefly explain your rating.
Don't correct. If you can't think of something, write, "I can't think of something," until you think of something. Then write that.
Don't stop!
(It's not a race. You don't have to write super-fast.)
When you're done, reflect:
1. How many words did you write?
2. Did you write all the way through? Rate yourself from 1-10.
3. Briefly explain your rating.
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