In the latest edition of the Teacher Tip Newsletter, there are some writing prompts for the New Year I thought I would share:
1. What is your New Year's resolution? Do you think you can accomplish it?
2. If you could make five positive changes in your life, what would they be?
3. You are coming back from a New Year's Eve celebration when the snow starts to fall so hard you can't see in front of you. You pull into a diner. What happens next?
4. Create a timeline of your entire last year. Include all important events.
5. What was your happiest day of last year? Describe it in detail.
6. What do you wish would happen to you this year?
7. Think back to last year. Describe the day that you wish you never got out of bed.
I thought these were great 'food for thought' questions and might be a good way to start out the new year/new semester. Even if you don't use them as a specific writing assignment, you could project one or more of the questions on a screen the first day back as a bell ringer, an individual journal entry, or even as a whole-class discussion topic.
