Unjournaling: Daily Writing Exercises That Are Not Personal, Not Introspective, Not Boring! - Softcover

DiPrince, Dawn; Miller Thurston, Cheryl

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1877673706 ISBN 13: 9781877673702

Publisher: Routledge, 2006

Synopsis

Some students just don't want to share intimate details about their thoughts, feelings and lives―at least, not with others in a class or group. That's where Unjournaling comes in. All the writing prompts in this book are entirely impersonal but completely engaging for both kids and adults.

Two examples of the 200 writing prompts include:

• Write a paragraph about a girl named Dot, but use no letters with a dot (in other words, no i or j).
• Why on earth would Yankee Doodle stick a feather in his cap and call it “macaroni”? Come up with a plausible explanation.

The book includes sample responses to all of the questions―a helpful tool for anyone who gets stuck with a topic and wants to see how it can be done!

Grade 7-Adult

About this title

About the Author

Dawn DiPrince loves to teach writing. She has helped many people, from age 7 to 87, to become writers. She has taught poetry, journalism and other writing to middle school students at a local afterschool program.

Cheryl Miller Thurston is the president, founder and editor of Cottonwood Press, Inc., which she started in 1986 with a $2000 loan from a friend. Before that she was an English teacher for 13 years, grades seven through university level.

Edition details

• Publisher: Routledge
• Publication date: 2006
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1877673706
• ISBN 13: 9781877673702
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 112