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Winter Writing Activities

Vocabulary

winter, blizzard, temperature, weather, hobbit, character, setting, creature, music, lyrics, rhythm, musician

Quick Thinking Activity
  1. Make a list of 8 words that make you think of winter. Make a list of 6 verbs that you do in winter.
  2. Write a setting description for a place where a hobbit might live. Use words that appeal to one's senses - ex. damp, dark, mysterious.
  3. Write the names of 7 your favorite songs.
Journal Activities
  1. Pretend it snowed 22 inches at your house last night! Write about your plans for the day.
  2. Picture a hobbit in your mind. Write a description of his head, face and neck. Make your description so clear that others can visualize him as you read your description.
  3. Write all the words to one of your favorite songs.
Creative Writing Activities
  1. You are the local TV weatherperson. It just snowed 22 inches in your broadcast area. Write the weather report that you will read on TV during your weather report.
  2. J.R.R.Tolkien, the author of The Lord of the Rings, was born Jan. 3,1892. Write a list of 5 questions you would like to ask this author about the book. Then think through your own stor ideas for a book about mysterious creatures who work towards a goal together. Write a rough draft of your story.
  3. Elvis Presley was born January 8, 1935 and he became known as the King of Rock and Roll. If your were a song writer or singer, what types of songs would interest you? Write a song. Tell why this song means something to you.
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Write More wants students to write more everyday! Writing needs to be integrated throughout the day in all subjects. Students need to be writing so much that they don’t think of it as writing time; rather, it is simply part of everyday class work.

The following activities all focus on the same topic, yet each activity is varied in type of writing and length of time to complete it. Use these activities together on the same day or do one activity one day and two activities the next day. Allow students to work together to come up with ideas and do lots of whole class modeling for organizing ideas on an organizer.

Quick Thinking Activities:

These activities are designed to last 5-15 minutes. Use these activities to brainstorm ideas, to review prior knowledge and to encourage team work and team learning. Have fun with these suggestions! Kids can shout aloud answers or race to write them. These activities teach kids to simply start writing quickly, to start forming ideas quickly and to have fun with writing!

Journal Activities:

These activities are designed to last 7-20 minutes. Journal topics inspire kids to think and write about their feelings without risk of judgement or grading. Journaling teaches students to act and think like writers, to note and jot ideas that they may later develop into complete stories. These activities are never to be graded. Encourage kids to read them aloud.

Creative Writing Activities:

These activities take kids through the writing process from organizing and planning, to writing a rough draft and working on revisions and finally to publishing.

Vocabulary:

Write More has included vocabulary words to enrich student understanding and to guide student discussions. Learning the correct spelling of the words is important for older students but Write More is more focused on teaching kids to incorporate these words into their writing.