Startword – I thought that I had made it up, but the word exists. It means a sequence of letters that begin a word that could exist in a particular language. ‘STR’ could begin any number of words in English -how many can you think of? But if you saw the letters ‘DZI’ you wouldn’t expect an … Continue reading Startwords
This is an idea borrowed from the poet, Naomi Shihab Nye. I used it in a workshop recently and we had a good time. We all wrote something quite different and intriguing and fun. Write a list of things that you are not – an oak tree, a bus driver, an elephant, a Roman soldier, a … Continue reading Things I am not
Here is a playful challenge: Write out your name. Make a list of all the words you can find using only the letters in your name. You may only use each letter once in any one word. So Danny Brown could have three ‘n’s in a word but only one ‘d’ or ‘b’. His list might begin … Continue reading Words in your name
Words sludge Westminster hugger mugger flop feverfew dumpy We love to begin a workshop with lists of words. The activity breaks into the white space of the page and then into the air and ears of the workshop. This is how it works: make a list of words, five or six, that simply come to mind. They may be words … Continue reading Words
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