End of Year Survey Results 2014

Thanks!  You've been a great (and very talented) class!

Favorite Activities

Least Favorite

Being creative and lost in thought Child’s book Concrete poetry II Looking at Different styles of writing Free write Got to do our own things – be creative Headline poems  II Hormone Jungle II Individual Writing (time to work on their own books/novels/stories) II Sharing and Listening to prompts (answers) read aloud Me-bags Monologue – from the villain’s point of view Outdoor activities IIIIII Pick our own prompts Prompts II Quiet Not super stressful Sharing ideas for stories and/or other things to write Stories Writing to Music IIII

Deadlines Inspired-By poems Love That Dog Me-Bag Stories II Music Prompts I couldn’t relate to Prompts that didn’t lead to an interesting story  (not exciting)  II More time reading than writing Sharing and Listening to prompts (answers) read aloud Short time to look at the prompt Tall tales III Too much poetry Too much time to write to a prompt (When I had writer’s block) Worksheets

Suggestions for Writing Prompts: The opening line of a book, then after students have written about it, tell them about the book About sports If you could become any object, what would it be? A time you never gave up “This was the only way to save my family.  I had to. . . .” You wake up in a new environment or biome and have to survive. Give them a list of objects and have them write a story using those objects. Best family vacation The smooth criminal – Have you ever done something bad and gotten away with it? Write about the day you were born.  What happened? Write a story about your favorite cartoon character. One day you wake up as a cow. If you could have one super power (no loophole powers like power to have whatever powers), what would it be and why? Do a project on your favorite animal, subject, or anything else you really like. Do you like animals?  Why or why not? Look around the room for pictures and whether that be The Outsiders poster or the calendar or. . . . write a story or poem about it. Look at a picture and write a story about how it ended up being that way – cause and effect. (Think hard before you write about something.  You don’t always have to do the first thing you think of.) (collect words all semester)