Writing Workshop 2 | Lesson
Summary
TLDRIn this lesson, the teacher helps young writers brainstorm story ideas by focusing on emotions. Drawing inspiration from author Kevin Henkes, the teacher shows how feelings, such as pride or loneliness, can inspire entire stories. Using examples like a Thanksgiving dinner or a child's dance recital, the teacher models how to recall personal memories tied to emotions. Students are then guided to choose a feeling, think of related memories, and share with partners before writing their own stories. The lesson emphasizes the power of emotions in storytelling and encourages creativity in a supportive environment.
Takeaways
- ✍️ The speaker is excited to start a writing session with the students, focusing on finding ideas for stories.
- 📊 A chart was created to help students generate story ideas, such as writing about important experiences or emotions.
- 📚 The class has been studying Kevin Henkes, who writes stories based on emotions, like feeling lonely or miserable.
- 😊 The students are encouraged to choose an emotion and build a story around it, just like Kevin Henkes did.
- 🗂️ The speaker selects the feeling of 'proud' and shares several personal memories that evoke that feeling, like cooking Thanksgiving dinner and watching her son's dance recital.
- 📝 The exercise encourages the students to think of a feeling, recall personal memories linked to it, and use those memories to generate a story.
- 🤔 The speaker guides the students to choose an emotion and reflect on related experiences, helping to build a list of potential story ideas.
- 👥 The students share their emotions and story ideas with their partners, such as feeling frustrated or happy.
- ✍️ The task for the day is to write down the chosen feeling and list possible stories associated with that feeling, eventually starting a full story if they feel ready.
- 🎨 The activity aims to help students creatively express their emotions through storytelling, using their personal experiences as inspiration.
Q & A
What is the main purpose of the session in the script?
-The main purpose of the session is to help young writers generate ideas for their stories by focusing on feelings and personal experiences.
What specific strategy does the speaker introduce to help writers come up with story ideas?
-The speaker introduces the strategy of choosing a feeling (like proud, sad, or lonely) and then recalling memories or stories associated with that feeling to generate ideas for writing.
Which author does the speaker use as an example, and why?
-The speaker uses Kevin Henkes as an example because he often writes stories centered around specific feelings, like loneliness or sadness, which is a technique the speaker is teaching the writers.
What feeling does the speaker choose to illustrate the strategy of using feelings to generate story ideas?
-The speaker chooses the feeling of being proud to illustrate how to use feelings to generate story ideas.
Can you name some of the feelings listed on the chart that the writers can choose from?
-Some of the feelings listed on the chart include lonely, proud, worried, surprised, sad, and brave.
What are some examples of memories that the speaker recalls when thinking about the feeling of pride?
-The speaker recalls several memories associated with feeling proud: cooking a big Thanksgiving dinner for 20 people, her son learning to ride a bike, and her other son's dance recital.
How does the speaker encourage the young writers to find their own story ideas?
-The speaker encourages the young writers to first choose a feeling and then think about memories or experiences connected to that feeling. They can then make a list of possible stories to write about based on those memories.
What is the speaker's next step after selecting a feeling and recalling memories?
-The speaker starts writing the story based on one of the memories, in this case, the son's dance recital, which evoked strong emotions of pride.
What is the significance of the students sharing their feelings and memories with a partner during the session?
-The sharing exercise helps students verbalize their feelings and story ideas, which can make the writing process easier and more collaborative by discussing their thoughts with a peer.
What are the students expected to do after they have brainstormed their feelings and stories?
-After brainstorming their feelings and stories, the students are expected to either begin writing their story or continue brainstorming and listing possible ideas for future stories.
Outlines
✍️ Excited to Start Writing and Finding Ideas
The speaker begins by expressing excitement about the writing session. They address the common challenge writers face in coming up with ideas and introduce a chart that offers strategies for finding inspiration. These strategies include writing from the heart, revisiting old journal entries, and looking to favorite authors for ideas. The speaker also introduces a new method for generating story ideas, inspired by the author Kevin Henkes, who writes stories centered around emotions.
📚 Learning from Kevin Henkes: Writing with Feelings
The speaker explains that Kevin Henkes often uses emotions as the basis for his stories, such as 'miserable' in *Chrysanthemum* and 'lonely' in *Jessica*. They emphasize how Henkes turns specific feelings into entire stories, showing how characters respond to emotions like loneliness and create solutions, such as the character in *Jessica* inventing an imaginary friend to cope with her loneliness. The speaker encourages the writers to try the same approach in their own writing, focusing on feelings as the central theme.
🧠 Choosing a Feeling and Generating Story Ideas
The speaker demonstrates how to choose a feeling from the 'feelings chart' to inspire story ideas. They select 'proud' as their feeling and share personal memories associated with it, including cooking Thanksgiving dinner, teaching their son to ride a bike, and watching another son’s dance recital. The speaker shows how reflecting on memories related to a specific feeling can quickly generate several story ideas, modeling how the writers can approach this task.
📝 Writers’ Turn: Choosing Your Feeling and Story
The speaker prompts the writers to close their eyes and think about a feeling they want to write about, either from the chart or one of their own choosing. After selecting a feeling, they are instructed to recall memories associated with that feeling and share them with a partner. This step helps them brainstorm potential stories before starting their writing.
🎤 Sharing Ideas and Starting to Write
The speaker encourages students to share their ideas with the group. Rosalyn shares a story about feeling frustrated with her mother, and Noah talks about the happiness he felt when he got his first bike. The speaker praises these ideas and gives further instructions: writers should return to their seats, write down their chosen feeling, and list possible stories related to it. Some students, like Noah, may be ready to start writing immediately, while others may continue brainstorming.
Mindmap
Keywords
💡Writing
💡Feelings
💡Kevin Henkes
💡Pride
💡Loneliness
💡Brainstorming
💡Memory
💡Storytelling
💡Journal Entries
💡List-making
Highlights
The speaker expresses excitement about writing and emphasizes the joy of storytelling.
The session focuses on how to generate story ideas when writers struggle with finding inspiration.
The speaker introduces a chart with various ways to find writing ideas, including drawing from important memories or past journal entries.
The speaker highlights how studying an author, like Kevin Henkes, can help writers understand how to use feelings to inspire stories.
Kevin Henkes uses emotions like 'miserable' and 'lonely' in his stories, teaching writers to draw from personal feelings for narrative development.
The speaker models how to brainstorm by choosing a feeling, such as 'proud,' and thinking of personal stories tied to that emotion.
Examples of personal stories include the speaker feeling proud after cooking Thanksgiving dinner for 20 people.
Another example provided is the speaker's pride when their son learned how to ride a bike.
The speaker recalls feeling proud and emotional during their son's dance recital, showing the depth of personal feelings in storytelling.
Writers are encouraged to choose a feeling and think of associated memories to generate potential story ideas.
The exercise involves listing out possible stories related to a chosen feeling, with students being given time to reflect and brainstorm.
Students share their feelings and related stories with partners, allowing them to build ideas collaboratively.
An example from a student includes frustration when a mother repeatedly asked them to shower, despite already doing so.
Another student shares a story about feeling happy when they received their first bike, demonstrating how emotions drive narrative ideas.
Students are given the option to either brainstorm story ideas or begin writing, with encouragement to proceed at their own pace.
Transcripts
good morning writers oh thank you I am
so excited to be here I know I always
say that when we're about to start
writing but you know this is my favorite
time with you on the road today so today
we're gonna talk about writing we have
noticed as writers that sometimes we
have a hard time coming up with stories
right show me me to remember that
sometimes we just feel like oh I don't
know what to write about today and to
help us we created this chart finding
ideas to write about remember writers we
said we could write about important
things in our heart that's gonna help us
remember stories we can look back at old
journal entries to come up with ideas we
can get inspired from the authors that
we read to get ideas we could start a
memory chain to get ideas well writers
today I'm gonna teach you something new
a new way to think of a story to write
about you know how we've been studying
Kevin Henkes he did what I'm gonna teach
you he is an author who writes all about
feelings did you guys notice that I know
we've talked about it the thing that
Kevin Henkes did that I'm gonna teach
you to do he used a whole feeling to
help him write the story chrysanthemum
what was that feeling does anybody
remember what Chris what feeling
chrysanthemum felt yes we miserable she
did feel miserable really sad and
miserable Kevin Henkes took that feeling
and he wrote a whole story about it he
also did it in Jessica does anybody
remember what feeling roof he had quiet
hands what do you think honey but before
she had the friend she had a feeling and
then she created the friend to help with
that feeling and it's on our feelings
charge what do you think honey
I agree do you guys agree she was lonely
remember the first line of Kevin Henkes
books was she didn't have a cat or a dog
but she had Jessica she didn't have
anything she was lonely so she created
her imaginary friend Kevin Henkes took
that feeling of lonely and he wrote a
whole story about it
so writers today I'm gonna teach you to
do that I'm gonna show you how I do it
and you're gonna have a chance to do it
okay right now I am gonna choose a
feeling on our chart and then I'm gonna
think of some stories I might be able to
tell about that feeling okay let's all
look at our feelings chart we have
lonely proud worried surprised sad and
brave I think I'm gonna choose the
feeling proud and now I want to think
for a minute about sometimes some
stories some memories I have when I felt
proud hmm let me think
I know remember that time I told you
that I cooked that big Thanksgiving
dinner for my whole family about 20
people came to my house I was so proud
of myself so that could be a story that
Thanksgiving dinner hmm oh I don't know
if I told you guys that last week my son
learned how to ride a bike I was so
proud should I tell you that I might
have forgotten so when my son rode his
bike I was really proud oh I know I
didn't tell you this on Sunday
my other son was in a dance recital oh
I'm so proud that I cried I really did
cry I'm about to cry now thinking about
it so my son's dance recital could you
guys see how many feelings I had even
just thinking about that I felt so proud
that I almost started to cry so this is
what I'm going to write about today did
you guys see how I did that I thought up
a food I just chose a feeling and then I
thought for a minute
what stories or memories do I have about
that feeling and I was able to make a
list today as a writer I choose this I'm
gonna go
and I'm gonna start my story about my
son's dance recital
okay so writers it's your turn to do
some thinking the first thing I want
everybody to think about is what feeling
do you want to write about today so I'm
gonna give you a minute to think about
it close your eyes and think about a
feeling when you have your feeling open
your eyes and look at me you could
choose one of the feelings up here or a
different feeling but we have lonely
crowd worried surprised sad grave let's
open our eyes writers I just want to fix
one thing I misspelled recital so excuse
me let me just fix that all right so
writers I see that you all opened your
eyes which tells me you have a feeling
in your head that you're gonna write
about right
keep it there now please do the next
step in your head first and then you're
gonna tell a partner think of some
stories or memories that you have around
that feeling alright so you have your
feeling or you're thinking of stories
and memories now please turn and talk to
your turn attack partner and share your
feeling and share your memories your
stories
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everybody eyes back here so Rosalyn and
Noah may I share what you said or
Rosslyn would you like to say what you
said no okay
so Rosalyn remembers a time that she
felt a little bit frustrated right
because her mom was saying take a shower
take a shower and guess what Rosalyn had
already taken a shower so that's a good
story you're gonna talk about that
that's a good story to tell Noah would
you like to tell them what you chose no
no is gonna write about a time that he
felt very happy that was his feeling and
he was happy the story he's gonna tell
is when he first got a fight he got his
first bike if he was happy isn't that a
great story writers okay so you're a job
today look at me so I know you're
listening you go back to your seats
you'll see there's paper on your writing
folder okay eyes on me
your job is to think about your feeling
you already chose your feeling write
down your feeling and then list out all
the possible stories that you could tell
about that feeling okay writers and then
if you're done and you want to get
started start your story know was ready
to start his story he already said I
need four pieces of paper I want to get
going so if you're ready get going but
if you're just coming up with ideas
today brainstorm me and that's okay too
okay
you
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