September 9, 2012...this week's writing prompts!

[Corbett Harrison]

Week #2 with the kiddos is done.  I've checked in their summertime writer's notebooks, and dang, I wish I had such passion for writing at their age as these kids do. 

 

I am busily writing a few lessons for my 6th-8th graders based on last year's Newberry-winner, Dead End in Norvelt by Jack Gantos.  I just love a book that makes me laugh out loud.  There's a wonderful, old character in the book who--instead of plain, biographical obituaries--writes the death notices for the town's newspaper based on a beautiful moment or memory she has of the deceased.  It's beautiful and touching but why are so many people in town dying this summer?  A fun book!  You should read it. 

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Here come this week's prompts.  If any of this week's prompts don't appeal to you, the new link to visit/bookmark is now:  http://corbettharrison.com/writers_notebooks.html#topics

Monday: "What should children hear about this?  Write a children's story based on something difficult you once had to do.  Disguise the story so it seems like a fairy tale of some sort."

Tuesday: "Where does it go?  Write about the journey a new writing ideas takes as it enters your brain."

Wednesday: Inspired by Dead End in Norvelt, what memory of you do you hope they embellish with details when they write your obituary in thew far-far-away future?

Thursday:  "What's the definition of 'bug' anyway?  Write about a memory that involves a bug or many bugs."

Friday: "What did he/she/it teach you?  Write about a time you learned something from a best friend."

Saturday: "When does a minute seem like enough time?  List 5 important things you do that can be done in under one minute.  Write about one or all of them with more detail."

Have a great week.

--Corbett (http://corbettharrison.com)