Free Friday

Free choice! Write a narrative, or poetry, or anything that’s on your mind. 4-6 sentences.

The Perfect Day

 Write a story about the perfect day. You have unlimited funds and can go anywhere you want! But it only lasts 24 hours! Then, Poof! it's gone

One Event

Friday Free Write

 You may write about anything on your mind (keeping it school appropriate of course!) Try to write at least 4-6 sentences.

If I were an animal I would be...

 Write about which animal (real or fictional) you would like to be. Where would you live? What would you like to do each day?

One Event

 Describe one event from this past weekend. Be sure to have a topic sentence, sensory details, and a concluding sentence. 

Friday Free write

What's on your mind?

Time Stopper

Imagine you can stop time whenever you want. What are some of the things you would do?

One Event

Describe one event from this past weekend using sensory details.

Mother's Day

Mother’s Day is this Sunday! Write about what makes your mom so special.

Top 5 Good Things

Write at least five good things you can do this week. Describe them

One Event

Describe one event from this past weekend using sensory details.

30 Ways to Smile

 Make a list of 30 things that make you smile

Favorite Way to Spend the Day

What is your favorite way to spend the day? Describe it.

One event

 Describe one event from this past weekend using sensory details.

Top 3 Travel Destinations

Write about 3 places you would like to travel someday. Why? What do these 3 places have in common?

Stimulus Money

Right now the US government is giving out money "free" money to some of its taxpayers. The intent is to stimulate the economy and possibly help those who may need money to get by. What would you do right now if you got $1000?

One Event

• Describe one event from this past weekend using sensory details.

Write Your Own Myth

A myth is a kind of story that is often told to explain the unknown or to teach what is important in a culture. Myths often include non-human characters (like Thunder as a person) or offer explanations for natural occurrences, like the weather, rivers, the sky etc.

Write your own myth to explain something in nature.

I'm Happiest When...

Write about the person, place or thing that makes you happiest. Why?

One Event

Write about one event from this last week (Spring Break). 4-6 sentences, use sensory details, figurative language.

Friday Free Write

Happy Friday! Today is a free write! Next week is Spring Break, enjoy your time off!

Fast Forward

You wake up and look in the mirror to discover you are now an adult! Write about your day.

April Fools Joke of the Day

Today is April 1, April Fools Day! Post your favorite (appropriate) joke so we can all have a little laugh!

Would You Rather?

Feel free to answer any of the following questions. Or add your own for others to answer (appropriate of course!)

1. Would you rather have a magic carpet that flies or your own personal robot?

2. Would you rather not be allowed to watch TV for a year or not be allowed to eat/drink anything with sugar for a year?

3. Would you rather have the chance to design a new video game or direct a movie?

4. Would you rather have the ability to control the weather or talk to animals?

5. Would you rather eat a whole jar of mayonnaise or drink a cup of hot sauce?

One Event

Write about one event from this weekend using sensory details.

Friday Free Write

It's Friday! What's on your mind? Is there a story brewing, just some random thoughts? Take some time today to have a free write.

The World Outside

Go outside sometime today and describe the scenery. What do you see, hear, smell, and feel (um, don't taste anything unless it's a picnic). You can even write a Haiku poem that follows the 5 - 7 - 5 syllable format.

Early Riser or Late Nighter?

What's better, getting up early in the morning or staying up late at night? What are the pros and cons of both? Does the early bird really get the worm?

Schedule

At school we have a daily schedule, a predictable routine that helps us know what to do and what comes next for each part of the day. Right now you may not have a daily schedule for yourself. Tomorrow we're officially starting our Distance Learning. I posted suggested schedules on Google Classroom and in your Wilkinson Class Shared Folder on Google Docs.

Use these tools to help you create your own daily schedule.

Monday March 23, 2020 Treasure Chest

You are on a quest in Egypt to find the Pharaoh's treasure! Write a first person fictional narrative that includes the following:

As I opened the ancient treasure chest, I was shocked to discover...

One Positive

Hi everyone! I'm hoping to connect with you soon! For now, if you want to write a journal entry, write about one positive thing that happened to you this week. Please remember my expectations to only write your journal entry, and make only positive comments to others. This is NOT a social media outlet so please no "chats" on each others posts.

Narrative Weekend (Part 2)

Turn one event from this weekend into a narrative.

Personal Narrative Weekend

Turn one event from this weekend into a personal narrative. Use story elements (characters, setting, plot) and dialogue. 

Traditional or Year Round

Which is better traditional school year (10 months of school with 2 months off) or year round (school for 45 days then 15 days off)

Dogs or Cats?

Which makes a better pet? Prove with evidence.

Wacky Writing Wednesday

Free Write!

Lizzie vs. Confronting a Challenge

Compare and Contrast the stories theme and plot.

One Event

Describe one event from this weekend. 4-6 Sentences, topic sentence, sensory details, concluding sentence.

Compare/Contrast Tia Lola & Music of Many

Rapids

Don't just go with the flow, take some dares through the rapids. What does this mean to you?

Rockers Soccer

Write a paragraph to support the theme of teamwork. Follow the R.A.C.E. model to include evidence from the text. 4-6 sentences