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Ideas Bellwork

Explore quotes from famous authors and reflect on their meanings to spark creativity and inspire your writing. Respond to the prompts and discover how words can ignite your imagination.

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Ideas Bellwork

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  1. Ideas Bellwork Responding to Quotations

  2. Bellwork 9/5- Chose one of the following quotes to copy on your paper and respond to. Think about it’s meaning to the author and it’s meaning to you. • “An idea, like a ghost, must be spoken to a little before it will explain itself.”-Charles Dickens • It’s like a bird watcher watching for birds: The stories are there- you just have to train yourself to look for them. -Barbara Michaels

  3. Bellwork 9/6- Chose one of the following quotes to copy on your paper and respond to. Think about it’s meaning to the author and it’s meaning to you. • When I was in school I thought details were just extra words to add in a story to make it better. I thought detail was decoration or wallpaper…Details are not wallpaper; they are walls. –Barry Lane • Don’t say the old lady screamed. Bring her on and let her scream. –Mark Twain

  4. Bellwork 9/7- Chose one of the following quotes to copy on your paper and respond to. Think about it’s meaning to the author and it’s meaning to you. • The golden rule of writing is to write about what you care about. If you care about your topic, you’ll do your best writing, and then you stand the best chance of really touching the reader in some way. –Jerry Spinelli • Human beings have a great need to represent their experience through writing. We need to make our truths beautiful. –Lucy McCormick Calkins

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