Author: Thomas Linkous

You’re Invited

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I invite you to begin a new writing adventure: keeping a writer’s notebook. A writer’s notebook is a place to record your thoughts, feelings, and experiences. It’s a book about you. It will provide an opportunity to write daily and share with others what you are thinking. My hope is that you will write without fear and have an attitude of enjoyment towards writing. This notebook will hopefully become a treasure that you will revisit for many years.
Mrs. Linkous

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First Journal Entry:
Example from Diary of a Worm:
July 29
Three good things about being a worm:
I never have to go to the dentist.
I never get in trouble for tracking mud through the house.
I never have to take a bath.
We all have positive qualities that help make us different from one another. For example, maybe you are a great baseball player. Or you might have had perfect attendance at school last year. Your first entry in your writer’s notebook is to share something special about yourself.
Steps:
Reread example from Diary of a Worm.
Brainstorm a list of positive qualities about yourself.
Choose 1 to write about. Let your heart guide your writing :)

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“A writer’s notebook creates a place for students (and writers) to save their words—in the form of a memory, a reflection, a list, a rambling of thoughts, a sketch, or even a scrap of print taped on the page. A notebook can become whatever the writer makes it to be.”
-Aimee Buckner
Enjoy and take pride in your writer’s notebook.

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