I love the alphabet, for all its interesting shapes and for the way it gives me a frame for a list. And I don’t love it, because sometimes it is hard to find words for one letter, and then there are too many words for another letter. Today, begin by writing out the alphabet. You … Continue reading Alphabet
This is another game. You may have played it before. You can play alone or with others. You can just say it aloud and you could write down your ideas if you wish. The Teacher’s cat is another alphabet game. This time we are thinking about adjectives –we are thinking about words to describe the … Continue reading The Teacher’s Cat
Here is a game that uses the alphabet, names, places and words. You can play it alone but it is more fun with other people. I used to play this game when I was a little girl and I have played it with many different children ever since. In the game, players take it in … Continue reading The Captain’s Ship
Wall chart ready for word collecting What do you collect? I collect buttons, books, all manner of things. But I love to collect words most of all. Words that I hear people say, words I read in books, words I see at the shop or hear on TV or radio. Why not make yourself a … Continue reading Collecting Words
Let’s collect words today. When we begin our Writing Club, we always think of words. Sometimes we each write them down in a list. Sometimes we keep one or two in our head. Then we share our words, one each around the circle. You can collect words in your head, in a list in your … Continue reading Words
Now that we have moved our book club to lunch times we have only half the time. We need to find shorter but still satisfying tasks. I discover that we are not alone –one teacher friend has a speedy twenty minutes for her club! This week we used what the children call ‘flap books’. Make … Continue reading I may look like…… but really…
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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