My+World-+My+Observations

Good writers notice EVERYTHING!  They use details and emotions from real life to develop their stories or enhance their writing. Many writers keep Writer's Notebooks to capture their observations and preserve them for future use. You never know when your observations can be used in your writing. For more info, visit a this link: [|Ralph Fletcher on Writer's Notebooks]

In this section of your Writer's Notebook, **free write** about anything you see, do, notice or wonder about. You only need to make 2 entries in this section, but each entry will be graded for effort.

Use your notebook to breathe in the world around you. You can write about: 1) What amazes/surprises/anger you 2) What you wonder about 3) What you notice 4) "Seed Ideas" or "Triggers" to generate stories or poems 5) Small details that intrigue you <span style="color: #23ff00; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">6) Snatches of talk you overhear <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: start; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="color: #23ff00; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">7) Memories <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: start; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="color: #23ff00; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">8) Lists <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: start; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="color: #23ff00; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">9) Photos, articles, ticket stubs or other artifacts <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: start; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="color: #23ff00; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">10) Your own sketches, drawings or doodles <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: start; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="color: #23ff00; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">11) Quotes or inspiring passages from books or poems

<span style="color: #00ff00; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Stuck? Try these ideas...
 * <span style="color: #00ff00; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Sit outside and list what you see, hear, smell, or feel.
 * <span style="color: #00ff00; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Describe your day. What did you do? Explain what, where, when, who.....
 * <span style="color: #00ff00; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">People watch! Sit in a busy place and observe others. Describe people. Make up information to explain who they are and how they feel.
 * <span style="color: #00ff00; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">List 5 things you wonder about.
 * <span style="color: #00ff00; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Describe something really cool you saw.