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.
