July 14th started with a fun morning giving a keynote to kick off the #alohagoogle Google Boot Camp in Loomis, California. Then, I rushed home, quickly packed my suitcase, and hit the road for the ocean! On the way I took a peek at the Monday Teachers Write post so I could think about it on my drive. There are two options on Mondays- the mini lesson or a Monday warm up. Later that evening, with the sound of waves crashing outside our room, I finally had a chance to write.
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| My writing spot in Cambria |
Mini Lesson Monday
The mini lesson this time was posted by Donna Gephart and the theme was You CAN write! Basically, the idea was to write a list all of the things you want to write if you had unlimited time. You can check out the whole mini lesson here. One thing I loved was her suggestion to think of-- what's the one project that scares you- write that!
My writing ideas:
The Little Notebook book
a book written in prose like Out of the Dust
an ABC book of something
a story written in letters
a song parody for 20 dongles in my pocket or talk nerdy to me
Scary:
Something fiction (I never write make believe stuff)
Something personal (I never ever tell my secrets to anyone.)
A book?
Monday Warm-Up
We could also try the Monday warm up with Jo Knowles (check out the post with the complete warm up here). I had never tried using sentence frames to generate ideas, so I gave it a try. I didn't feel super successful-- but here they are! Something to revisit later...
This is a story about a boy who wants to tell you everything there is to know about anything World War II, movies, and ships .
But underneath that, it's about a boy who really wants to be understood.
This is a story about a girl who needs her puppy, things that sparkle, and books.
But underneath that, it's about a girl who really needs a friend.
This is a story about a boy who is afraid of the dark, spiders, and onions.
But underneath that, it's about a boy who is really afraid of failing.
Monday Warm-Up
We could also try the Monday warm up with Jo Knowles (check out the post with the complete warm up here). I had never tried using sentence frames to generate ideas, so I gave it a try. I didn't feel super successful-- but here they are! Something to revisit later...
But underneath that, it's about a boy who really wants to be understood.
This is a story about a girl who needs her puppy, things that sparkle, and books.
But underneath that, it's about a girl who really needs a friend.
This is a story about a boy who is afraid of the dark, spiders, and onions.
But underneath that, it's about a boy who is really afraid of failing.
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