Writing Fluency
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Writing Fluency is practiced three times a week. Students are given a topic and five focused minutes to write. Writing Fluency is collected every two weeks. Students are assessed on their fluency in a timed setting.
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10.10.14
What in your life is equivalent to the Lotus Flower?
9.17.14
“One of us is to furnish a repast for the hounds. The other will sleep in this very excellent bed. En garde, Rainsford….” He had never slept in a better bed, Rainsford decided.
Now that you have finished the story, imagine that you are Rainsford. You wake up the next morning in General Zaroff’s bed, after the best rest you’ve ever had. Now what…?
You will have 10-15 minutes to finish the story.
9.15.14 Monday
Tell me about your weekend. What did you do? What didn’t you do? What is the best thing you did? What is the worst thing you did why? Where did you go? Who were you with? What did
you do? What is the best thing you ate? What is the worst thing you ate? Did you do anything out of the house? What was it? Etc…
9.12.14 Friday
Imagine that you are on a cruise and go to sleep one night in your bed in your cabin. You wake up suddenly in
the ocean with no sign of the cruise ship anywhere. You can see an island within swimming distance and begin swimming toward it…
OR,
Your Choice Topic
OR,
Discuss your favorite vacation or getaway trip
9-10-14 Wednesday
What does it mean to hunt? Have you ever hunted? Describe your hunting experience. If you think about
hunting as a metaphor then we are all hunters…
Students are hunting for a diploma. Shoppers hunt for bargains. Police officers hunt for criminals. Some people hunt for more free time. Others hunt for love or a perfect relationship.
Describe something that you are hunting for in life.
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Writing Fluency is practiced three times a week. Students are given a topic and five focused minutes to write. Writing Fluency is collected every two weeks. Students are assessed on their fluency in a timed setting.
________________________________________________________________________________________________________
10.10.14
What in your life is equivalent to the Lotus Flower?
9.17.14
“One of us is to furnish a repast for the hounds. The other will sleep in this very excellent bed. En garde, Rainsford….” He had never slept in a better bed, Rainsford decided.
Now that you have finished the story, imagine that you are Rainsford. You wake up the next morning in General Zaroff’s bed, after the best rest you’ve ever had. Now what…?
You will have 10-15 minutes to finish the story.
9.15.14 Monday
Tell me about your weekend. What did you do? What didn’t you do? What is the best thing you did? What is the worst thing you did why? Where did you go? Who were you with? What did
you do? What is the best thing you ate? What is the worst thing you ate? Did you do anything out of the house? What was it? Etc…
9.12.14 Friday
Imagine that you are on a cruise and go to sleep one night in your bed in your cabin. You wake up suddenly in
the ocean with no sign of the cruise ship anywhere. You can see an island within swimming distance and begin swimming toward it…
OR,
Your Choice Topic
OR,
Discuss your favorite vacation or getaway trip
9-10-14 Wednesday
What does it mean to hunt? Have you ever hunted? Describe your hunting experience. If you think about
hunting as a metaphor then we are all hunters…
Students are hunting for a diploma. Shoppers hunt for bargains. Police officers hunt for criminals. Some people hunt for more free time. Others hunt for love or a perfect relationship.
Describe something that you are hunting for in life.