I read an
interesting article on edutopia.org about writing prompts. I liked this article
because it provided different writing prompts for elementary, middle and high
school students. Some of the prompts were similar to prompts that I use in my
sophomore English, reading, writing, and study skills class and some were new
to me.
"You can save one object
before your house burns down. What is it? What makes that object important to
you," is a prompt I have used in my classroom. This prompt is great
because it allows you to get to know what is most important or valuable to your
student. I usually change the prompt to you can only grab three items. I do
this because one item usually has my students saving their cell phones, lol.
One prompt
I would like to incorporate in my Journal writing portion of my class is “What things do you conscientiously do to feed
your brain?” I think this writing prompt will help me know what type of activities
I can introduce my students to help them to conscientiously feed their brains.
I will keep you posted on how well this works in class.
My favorite writing prompt I found listed
under elementary writing prompts. “I wish my teachers knew that . . .”. This is
by far my favorite writing prompt because my students all have different needs,
fears, and insecurities. I have laughed and cried with my students as we read
their writing out loud in class. They never cease to amaze me with their kind
words for what their classmates share. This exercise builds a sense of
community in the class.
In his blog titled” A Couple of Things about
the Election,” David Warlick discusses the differences in population density
and education levels of voters in our recent election. Through his research he
discovered that the denser the population was the more likely voters were to
vote for Hilary Clinton rather than Donald Trump. He also noted that if the
voter had some college education they were more likely to vote for Hillary
Clinton. This affect grew with the amount of education the voter had. I am not
sure how accurate his research is though based on the faulty polling
information that we witnessed during this election. If his data is correct then
it only shows how important education is today, especially in rural areas.
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