tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-590444740864607060.post6028785692023687780..comments2024-03-16T06:31:12.608-05:00Comments on NCTE Inbox Blog: Building Community in 15 Minutes a DayNCTEhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13158338704096862694noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-590444740864607060.post-42953559654258586952009-08-10T14:39:35.586-05:002009-08-10T14:39:35.586-05:00Thank you for the back to school ideas. I have jo...Thank you for the back to school ideas. I have journal entries prepared for my 6th graders, but as a writer, I'd like to see more than just the writing come from spending five minutes writing. I've an idea now to encourage any kind of writing, as you suggested, and something which they will really appreciate! Stretching it to fifteen minutes will be too long daily, but weekly it could Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-590444740864607060.post-11696434281819175412009-08-06T19:41:37.222-05:002009-08-06T19:41:37.222-05:00For more fun writing prompt ideas, check out Jolie...For more fun writing prompt ideas, check out Jolie Stekley at her blog, <a rel="nofollow">Cuppa Jolie</a>. She does Monday Moments, which are prompts to get you more inside the head and personality of your main character (or any character). These could easily be tailored to suit the classroom application.Jethttp://www.scatterbeams.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-590444740864607060.post-87670956217923469802009-08-05T10:33:02.194-05:002009-08-05T10:33:02.194-05:00Check out her blog/web--it's mighty fine! Yes...Check out her blog/web--it's mighty fine! Yes, we have done this in our writing institutes, but here is an inviting way of presenting it to others with an enthusiastic voice from a published author. I think I will give this link to my students this year along with the ARTIST's WAY work I've suggested in the past. <br />Thank you,Laurie Halse Anderson.Susanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05723639294340760325noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-590444740864607060.post-66973861896987833682009-08-05T10:09:01.860-05:002009-08-05T10:09:01.860-05:00If any readers have participated in a summer insti...If any readers have participated in a summer institute affiliated with the National Writing Project, they have probably experienced just the development of community you are describing. Every day starts with a writing prompt--usually something very interesting--followed by sharing. After participating in the experience, writers realize the value of that sense of community to their writing--and Debbienoreply@blogger.com