Freewrite+starters

__List ideas here:__ For one of these freewrites below, we can use the looping with "Write, Pair/Group, Share." Step 1: Write for set time (we can use [] this year. It minimizes nicely on the screen. Step 2: Circle a golden sentence or meaningful words or phrases. Step 3: Follow-up freewrite with focus on circled phrases

There is a wonderful list of poems (and the poems themselves) called "Poetry 180: A Poem a Day for American High Schools" sponsored by the Library of Congress at []. ***Love it!

"The Rime of the Ancient Warriner's" by Robert W. Boynton, in Edgar H. Schuster's //Breaking the Rules: Liberating Writers through Innovative Grammar Instruction// available at []. Freewrite: Write about an early encounter with grammar, when you were a student.

"Assessment" by Paul Hillis Freewrite: Write about your feelings about assessment.

"First Day of Class" by Michael Hettich Freewrite: Write about your students' aspirations or about your own aspirations.

"Summer Rain" by Elizabeth Coatsworth (also identified by opening words as "What Could Be Lovelier than to Hear")--at [|http://www.mothergoosecaboose.com/rainpoems.html#11] There are several other rain poems on this site. Frewrite: something about a rainstorm

"Until I Saw the Sea" by Lilian Moore Freewrite: Write about a new experience--something you had heard about but never seen.

"To a Daughter Leaving Home" by Linda Pastan [] Freewrite: Write about a time you said good-bye to someone.

"The Happiest Day" by Linda Pastan [] Freewrite: What happened on your happiest day?

"'More Than a Woman'" by Billy Collins [|http://www.poetryfoundation.org/poetrymagazine/browse/179/5#20605580] Freewrite: Write about a song that plays in your head. . ..

What do you think of providing freewrite prompts for an occassional "choice" day? Here is a source: []