(For this month’s Slice of Life Challenge with Two Writing Teachers, I am aiming to do Six Word Slices most days, with some extended slices on other days.)
Context: There’s something magical about watching classrooms of students, working hard at a piece of writing. The quiet focus, and deep attention, of the young writing talent is evidence in the quiet. Yesterday, my students were working on a “story remix” activity — retelling a story from another character’s perspective (in this case, Rikki Tikki Tavi) — and I just marveled at the way so many them were so quickly lost in their writing, nearly oblivious to the time on the clock. Forty-five minutes after starting their stories, I brought them up for air, as we wrapped up our writing session.
Peace (write it),
Kevin
I always enjoy watching a group settle into their writing. It sounds like your students were in the zone.
They were .. love the writing zone.
Kevin
Have you shared with your students your six-word memoirs? Today’s memoir is so clever…it made me smile.
My room was quiet while writing poetry today, so I think fate brought me to your post today.