Focus: introducing and establishing self-check and partner-check routines
This writing activity is suitable for home or school and is a fun, collaborative activity that students could complete with their families.
Once a location has been selected or set by the teacher, the student goes for a walk and looks for words. They then record these words on a map. Seven or eight words is a good number to collect. The challenge is to then include all these words in a piece of writing and to make the ideas flow.
Younger students could locate objects and draw pictures. They could then create a story orally or write collaboratively with an adult or older sibling.
Check out our video on YouTube that introduces the Word Hunt activity.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BLDlyNwHlj8&t=13s
There are 30 other Quick Write ideas in The Writing Book and 31 in The Poetry Book.
Focus: introducing and establishing self-check and partner-check routines
Developing general knowledge and providing ideas for writing through non-fiction video clips
Focus: using current events and themes to motivate students for writing
Includes: story path strip and Story path exemplar
Focus: oral language, reading, writing
