Extreme Writing is NOT the writing process….it is only about fluency. Until now, we have assumed fluency will develop well enough just because we ask students to do a lot of writing. Actual attempts to improve fluency directly through Extreme Writing cannot take a minute from the actual process of …
Extreme Writing does basically 3 things; It develops fluency. It can be a source of longer pieces. Leonardo da Vinci made detailed notes in his journals, on many different topics from art to architecture to water flow – you name it. You might want to mention that Bill Gates paid …
At the end of the year, students take their books home. Tell them that of all the things they could save from their school years they should save these. “When you are 35 you will be totally interested in what you were thinking when you were 12” (or whatever age …
At the end of the two weeks, collect them. Put them in a decorated banker’s box. Pick a cool wrapping paper at the Dollar store and cover the box. Put a big sign in 180 point print on the side saying Extreme Writing Books. Put the box on the side …
Print the covers you need for the little books. There are enough here for 9 months. Enjoy. Click on the image to download the pdf.
NO to a duotang, or a special section in their binder for their journaling. The signal given is that journaling is an endless task. Extreme Writing allows you to see a completed project in 10 days which is much more satisfying. Take 5 pieces of paper and a piece of …
Warn your students that this is not a diary or a journal. This is not a place for secrets. All writing must be something you could share with anyone in the room.
Yes they can. But, I can type a lot faster than I can write by hand, so you would need to do an assessment on their tablets, with a different count when they are using a device. Also, they would then be trading devices in order to read and respond …
Students who are significantly below the others need a target number that fits their needs. They will need a specific assessment of how fast they can write and an assigned number that is within their grasp. The same applies to students who use a device to write.
Originally I had a vision that you would give them 5 minutes in class to start and the rest would be homework, or something to be completed if their math, or other class work was done. If they have a target number of words, that can be completed at any …
