Freewriting helps motivate students to develop clearer and more
confident writing. More Thoughts contains 87 writing tasks, each with
a brief, open-ended written prompt and a colorful, evocative
illustration. All the student has to do is fill the pages with words,
sentences, and thoughts -- all without fear of a grade or lots of red
marks.
A sampling of prompts: What scared you at night when you were little? If
you had a robot, what would you want it to do for you? What are five
things you want to do before you die? Choose one and explain why.
For each page/prompt, there is a small space for the teacher to write a
brief response - e.g., Is this true? What a beautiful scene! Very funny!