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Creative Writing Prompts Many creative writers use prompts to generate new material. Prompts can be challenges -- for example, write a story using only one syllable words or craft an alphabet story where the first sentence begins with the letter A, the next sentence B, and so on -- or themes provided by journals, or a poem to which an writer can respond. For example, the Sun lists prompts and deadlines every issue. To see responses, check out "Readers Write." For a list of up-to-date journal prompts, deadlines, and contest information, see the Writing Program's bulletin board in Jensen on the second floor. Creative Writing Exercises Compiled by Catherine Reid Creative writing exercises, like any kind of warm-up routine before playing a sport or a musical instrument, help loosen up your imagination while honing your writing muscles. Though the exercises are more fun done with two or more people, each can be done alone. The prompts: 3) Create a story using words of one-syllable only, beginning with a phrase such as:
Main Page - Academic Kids Writing Prompts 101 By Simon Kewin Even if you are not a professional writer you probably already heard about writing prompts. They represent a very effective tool for any writing project, so it’s a good idea to know how to use them. What Is A Writing Prompt? If you’re a fiction writer, you may want to consider using writing prompts to kick-start your creativity. You may just come up with rough, disjointed notes or you may end up with something more polished and complete, a scene or even a complete story. Here are four good reasons for writing to prompts : Sometimes it’s hard to start writing when faced with a blank page. Examples of Writing Prompts The following are twenty writing prompts that you could use to spark your imagination. It was the first snowfall of the year. Where To Find Writing Prompts Online The internet is a wonderful source of writing prompts. There are also numerous blogs that offer a regular writing prompt to inspire you and where you can, if you wish, post what you’ve written.
8 Living Artists Every Educator Should Know By staying aware of artists who are working today, educators can invigorate their lives and their classrooms with new and expansive ways of looking at contemporary life and the world. Here are a few artists to get started, along with suggested connections that can be made to subjects and themes that you might be addressing with your students. Marina Abromivic Marina Abromovic is a performance artist based in New York. Like other performance artists, her work uses the body and time as the primary mediums. Abromovic's most famous work involved her sitting in a flowing red dress at MoMA and holding the gaze of museum visitors over the course of a week. Connection: Abromovic makes us reconsider society's relationship to the body. El Anastui El Anastui is a Ghanaian sculptor who works with found materials that others might consider junk, such as bottle caps and rusted sheet metal. Edward Burtynksy JR is a French street artist and photographer of Algerian decent. Maya Lin Sarah Sze Kara Walker
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Giving Advice: A couple excellent resources - EFL 2.0 Teacher Talk Recently on EFL Classroom 2.0, I created for members 2 excellent resources about giving advice. EFL Classroom 2.0 members get all the resources to download, including presentations and videos. 1. Here are the lesson ideas. Dear Abby. Students are shown real questions sent in by readers. Ways to relieve stress. This is a nice writing / brainstorming activity to get students thinking of ways to reduce stress (and they usually are under a lot of it!). First ask students about stress, what it is, how you can tell you are “under” it.Next, list some things you can do to reduce stressAfter that, watch the video – 10 ways to reduce stress. Find more videos like this on EFL CLASSROOM 2.0
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