I ask students to think of some of their own disappointments and rewards and to write them down on a sheet like the image above. Students look over their papers, thinking of the stories behind each of the things they've written. A story about something funny that happened to me. A story about something I know nothing about. This shows that we can't speak about something we don't know about.
Students write a story about a topic that they know well.
Laura Versaci, English teacher at Decatur Middle School, Indianapolis, IN Return to the top of the page. Make two small holes in the lid of the case for the battery clip wires to go through. Connect the battery clip to the battery and replace the plastic lid. Connect the alligator clips to one end of each pencil. Make sure both ends of the pencils are sharpened to a fine point.