First things first... there are only a couple hours left to bid on my books at Write Hope if any of you happen to be interested...
Now, onto today's topic: uniqueness (which doesn't quite sound like a real word...)
When I go on school visits, I'm always telling kids about the importance of their voices - because everyone is different, everyone's experiences and how they experience them are different, and no two people will tell a story the same way. But I think it would be fun to see how true that really is....
So. I'm hoping at least some of you are like me and can't resist a challenge :)
I will give you a sentence to complete. (Actually, in the interest of encouraging more people to try it, I'll give you a couple to choose from - please feel free to do more than one!) I hope lots of people will give it a try. I won't post your responses until tomorrow and then we can see how different they all are! (Really, we're like scientists here!)
1. I never expected that one day I'd open my closet and find...
2. It was obviously going to be an unusual day when my mom came into the bedroom and said...
3. He was afraid, but he called upon all the courage he had as...
Tomorrow I will give you three words and see how different the sentences you come up with are (Challenge #2.) And Wednesday we will take cliche's and try to make them new (Challenge #3.)
Please join in if you can. We are conducting important research for the benefit of kids' education :) I can't wait to see what everyone comes up with! And what better way to take a little break from Monday's work? Who knows, by finishing the sentence, you may come up with a story starter for yourself! (Or when I post the responses tomorrow, you might find a story starter in someone else's sentence!)
P.S. Due to an underwhelming response on Monday (*cough*) I'm going to leave this post up for another day in the hopes that I might get a few more participants, and do the 2nd and 3rd Challenges later in the week. Please join the fun, the excitement, the ground-breaking scientific discovery!
