I feel that today was really beneficial in more ways than one. The first activity of sharing about our research papers was so helpful. The comments on my paper were thoughtful and encouraging. It made me feel that my ideas were understandable, and everyone had an opinion on grammar/writing that I really want to consider as I write.
Jackie's pictures as a prompt for writing were exquisite. How appropriate for the study of Appalachia! I feel like I know some of those people. As Jackie said, with all the pictures available in books or on line, there's no end to the prompts specific to different units!
I loved the "character-in-the-bag" idea. I will use that just as it was presented. And the sleuthing for story elements from short paragraphs from the first chapter of the book - WOW! What a great idea! I think it would be neat to do that for a picture book the students are unfamiliar with, then read the book aloud, and let them find out the info as I read.
What a fantastic resource. Thank you for inviting Jackie! Totally enthralling!
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Tawn - so true about the morning writing activity. I found my comments to be beneficial as well. It was not an uncomfortable feeling of what people will write, but how can I utilize the suggestions and comments to make my paper even better!
The picture prompts, how clever, we have pictures everywhere and to take a picture and write. WOW, I loved that idea and the children would love that. We could even use that with adjectives because the younger children would be able to described the characters and setting. The things you could do with the idea! That was wonderful.
The characters in the bag, I had never even thought of such an idea, but how clever for every age range. Children love picture books and how easy to create because there was nothing fancy in the bags! I to want to thank you to Sherrie, Don and Talinn for having Jackie comes. I believe we all will benefit from the ideas and activities that she shared with us!
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