The children are concentrating on story writing at the moment....well... we are trying too. The boy of the house is struggling with the NEED to write stories..
So what better way to encourage story writing then using their most favourite topic HARRY POTTER! Here are the prompts Dave and I made up..
Lucas:
* Harry Potter was walking to divination class when we heard a loud mysterious noise come out of Rebus Hagrids hut. He saw a flash at the windows and a cry.................
* Professor Sprout discovered a new plant growing from the roof of her greenhouse. It looked and sounded like nothing she had ever seen......
* Lately Harry had noticed that spiders had returned. He couldn't believe they were walking into the..........
Mollie:
* Hermoine went to the library to look up a new spell. What she saw made her eyes light up.....
* Ginny walked into the kitchen and saw Mrs Wesley making pancakes. All the ingredients flew from the shelves by themselves and come together with a ..............
Update: They both choose the first story from their lists above.. SUCCESS what an effective activity. They have been working on their stories for two days now and are keen to continue. I didn't put any pressure on with spelling "just start a story" was all I said but they are keen on correct spelling, sentence structure and grammer. Very thrilled with the results...
Update: They both choose the first story from their lists above.. SUCCESS what an effective activity. They have been working on their stories for two days now and are keen to continue. I didn't put any pressure on with spelling "just start a story" was all I said but they are keen on correct spelling, sentence structure and grammer. Very thrilled with the results...
excellent!! What is it with boys and writing!!! Samuel is happy to explain everything to me, but because he's reading about stuff i have no interest in. i don't know if he's comprehending it or getting it completely back to front - i told him to be MY teacher and write it down for me.....hmmm no success yet, but he "liked" the idea of it. lol. but a bonus, he came up with a treasure hunt with clues for Kaytie today - he wrote out 8 different clues while i was in bed!! i checked them afterwards only 2 spelling errors, a lot of (correct)abbreviations though.
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