Gathering Potential Writing Topics

One way to grow as a writer is to gather future writing ideas.  Over the course of the year, we will explore various ways to gather potential writing ideas.  To gather potential writing ideas, students will create the following:

7th Grade Mining Ideas:

Monday - Heart Map

Tuesday- Pick one topic from the heart map to write about

Wednesday - Neighborhood Map - number the potential topics to write about

Thursday - Scar/Injury Map and pick one scar or injury to write about

 8th Grade Mining Ideas:
Monday - Writing Territories List
Wednesday - Bank of Experiences
Friday- Pictures are Worth a Thousand Words