Monday, January 23, 2017

Wednesday, January 25, 2017


Announcements and Reminders:  

I checked for composition books today.  If you don't have one here yet, be quick!

Your disclosure documents are due by. . . . January 27.    Sooner is better! 

Targets for Today:

Think!  Create!  Write!



Today’s  Agenda:

What is Creativity?
Creativity is defined as the tendency to generate or recognize ideas, alternatives, or possibilities that may be useful in solving problems, communicating with others, and entertaining ourselves and others. (page 396)   From Human Motivation, 3rd ed., by Robert E. Franken: 

Christina's Prompt:  





Write a half page or more each time. 
       Appointment Clock Pairs


Scribbles Next Time:  Ella S. and Tristan D.
Another Prompt

Ice Castles 

Here is a link to  Ideas for Scribble Prompts.




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 Picking activities: 

school newspaper
create books for 1st graders at Legacy
Poet Survivor
write poetry
write a chapter for a novel
write personal narratives
write short stories
nature writing 
other ideas? 



Computer Lab 202 to finish/edit "My Writing Process" and Bio-Poems
  1. If needed, finish your "My Writing Process."
  2. Edit it carefully.  Use your Proofreading List in your composition book. 
  3. Write or finish your Bio-Poems. 
If you finish, begin work on your three other pieces for your collage of creativity!    
Creativity Collage    About Me - Collage.doc


If You Were Absent:

See above.  Write to the prompts.
Make sure you have your composition book, and that it is up-to-date.
Continue working on your set of Creativity Collage assignments.    About Me - Collage.doc


Vocabulary:

Creativity is defined as the tendency to generate or recognize ideas, alternatives, or possibilities that may be useful in solving problems, communicating with others, and entertaining ourselves and others. (page 396)   From Human Motivation, 3rd ed., by Robert E. Franken: 





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