This Monday, students will be receiving their own Writer's Notebooks, which they will be expected to make an entry into every week. The Writer's Notebook is an excellent way of inspiring students to write, explore different genres and make writing relevant. Writer's Notebook contains two parts. The first part is the Seed of Thought, where students paste in a paper-based inspiration from home, such as a newspaper cutting, a ticket from a show or sporting event, a pamphlet from a museum exhibition, a photograph, a postcard, a picture found inside a magazine etc. This allows students to connect their writing with their 'out-of-school' experiences and come up with inspirations that are relevant to them. From this Seed of Thought, students write some ideas that come to mind and some possibilities for a full piece of writing. The possibilities might include a poem, a story or an informational piece. The students then choose one of the possibilities and write a full piece of writing inside the writer's notebook.
As all students are expected to bring in something to use as a Seed of Thought at the beginning of the week, we ask parents to discuss during the weekend which Seed of Thought to choose from home.
We are hoping to mark the end of the academic year by presenting the students' completed Writer's Notebooks to parents.
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