The Great Depression. BusyTeacher: Free Printable Worksheets For Busy Teachers Like YOU! A 12-Day Plan of Simple Writing Exercises. It’s the perfect time to restart your engine and get back into writing. Here, I offer up a 12-day plan of simple writing exercises to help you keep your creative juices flowing without eating up too much of your time. Follow this plan and in less than half a month, you’ll not only be impressed with what you’ve accomplished, but you may also have something worth publishing. The 12-Day Plan of Simple Writing Exercises Day 1: Write 10 potential book titles of books you’d like to write.
Day 2: Create a character with personality traits of someone you love, but the physical characteristics of someone you don’t care for. Day 3: Write a setting based on the most beautiful place you’ve ever seen. Day 4: Write a letter to an agent telling her how wonderful you are. Day 5: Write a 20-line poem about a memorable moment in your life. Day 6: Select a book on your shelf and pick two chapters at random. Day 7: Write a letter to yourself telling you what you need to improve in the coming 6 months. Brian A. Sites for Current Events & Issues. The Joy of Books. Hudson - Against The Grain. Ideas for Idiom Activities. I began including an “idiom template” as well as some powerpoint slides in the weekly idiom list, but neglected to mention how I used the template!
My Students filled out one box on the template each night with an idiom activity. Here are the ones we used: Used the idioms in sentences: great for Monday night so you can check students’ understanding early. Sketched figurative and literal examples of the idioms: don’t look a gift horse in the mouth would lead to a sketch of a guy looking at a horse’s mouth and a sketch of someone questioning a gift.Researched an idiom’s origin: as explained here. Big share out the next morning.We’d conclude the week by “summarizing our weeks” using all five idioms. The only catch: I expected the summary to be fictional. Please let me know what you come up with at ian@byrdseed.com. Classroom 2.0. Web English Teacher. Student Interactives. Socratic Questioning.
Collaborative Learning Enhances critical Thinking.