We all do it: when asked to think of a story, ummm, err…. the mind goes blank. Especially if we feel under pressure. Our series of picture writing prompts helps students leap over that little hurdle and start writing. Ask them to describe it. Ask for details about the main person or people. What are…
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Stepping Up Student Ideas
Teachers often tell us that one great pain they wish to change is how little their students have to say. Students’ writing, they tell us, is often curtailed by limited experience and a lack of observation, or by unformed opinions. We understand why teachers say this, but we don’t think it’s the whole story. Every…
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Sky-High Ideas
“Ideas are like small plants sprouting in the compost of experience; it takes time and patience to find out if they turn into trees.” – Shaun Tan.
Where do you get your ideas? This is the most common question any author is asked. And yet ideas are everywhere…
Starting Out with Inspiration
Everyone loves the smell of fresh, new pencils. Or maybe it’s the smell of ideas? At Seven Steps to Writing, we’ve dreamed up something fresh for you for the new year. We want to help you in your daily writing class. We also want to grow students’ confidence in themselves as communicators with something to…
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