Free Writes Are Due for a completion grade the 1st and 3rd weeks of each month on a specific day for each student:
Monday
1. Michael
2. Burke 3. Willow 4. Aileen 5. Matthew 6. Maxam |
Tuesday
7. Jacob
8. Holly 9. Greyson 10. Jacquelyn 11. Grace 12. Macy |
Wednesday
13. Sam
14. Ethan 15. Scott 16. Parker 17. Tereza 18. Timothy |
Thursday
19. Sully
20. Josh 21. Peter 22. Darcy 23. Riley 24. Mackenzie |
Friday
25. Nathan
26. Caitlyn 27. Haley |
What is a free write?
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The key to free writing is to
not think in your head. Do not think before you start - just pick up a
pen and write... write on a topic if you can, and if you can't, just write
anything and try to get there eventually. Write full, flowing sentences
(free writing looks like paragraphs, not like a list.) When you free write you do
not need to worry about correct punctuation, grammar or spelling. The point of
this kind of writing is flow, not correctness. Don't re-read what you've
written until after you've finished. I want
to get your ideas spilling out of you... if you worry about if they're written
down "right" then you are not letting them flow.
Parents: Writing in a journal allows students to write and not worry about grammar and mechanics. The first week I will use a writing prompt in class to help students get started in the process. They will do a stream-of-consciousness writing in which they write a continuous flow of their ideas without punctuation or grammar.
Parents: Writing in a journal allows students to write and not worry about grammar and mechanics. The first week I will use a writing prompt in class to help students get started in the process. They will do a stream-of-consciousness writing in which they write a continuous flow of their ideas without punctuation or grammar.
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