Ways+to+Celebrate+Writing

Ways to Celebrate Writing and Generate a Climate for Writing:

1. Poetry slams 2. Poetry Out Loud (performing poetry written by others) 3. Writing dramatic scenes and performing them 4. Friday is Writing Day: sharing writing and discussion 5. Writer's club of students 6. Writer's camp 7. Writer's group of teachers 8. Fun writing activities together: describe self as an object, imitate another writer's style 9. Create bathroom places for sharing writing ("Toilet papers") 10. Taking a creative writing class to different locales to write (nature, art museum) 11. Visiting a senior center to interview, help with memoirs 12. Have students penpal/share writings with students in college, elementary, overseas 13. Create children's books and read them to elementary kids 14. "Get caught writing" "Get caught reading" Treats for literacy 15. Silent sustained reading 16. Publish literary magazine 17. Creating e-zines 18. Use create-your-own book sites to combine photo/word book 19. Literacy Cafe--students share their polished writing in small groups of students and parents ("Literacy Cafe: Making Writing Authentic" by Daniels--lilac section) 20. Write a novel as a class made up of short stories. ("Writing that Excites and Educates: A Class Novel" by Nobles--blue section) 21. 22. 23. 24. 25.