Great ideas

I did the same thing that Jen did, read this book out loud to my family. I as well as my children liked that idea of a book like this and I will surely use it within the classroom. I found so many prompts to be fun, but also could see the benefits of using them within the classroom setting.

I was unsure at first how I felt about the answer key or idea key in the back, but as I read the prompts and then the ideas in the back I could see how they would help in a younger classroom situation for starting the ideas flowing. I don't think in an older classroom setting I would use the hints at the back of the book.

I found it very hard to narrow down the ones that I liked better then others because they all were pretty good. I had to sit down and really look at them and actually tried to write a few of them before I determined what ones I like more. I found the ones that I like the most were the ones where you had to use your emotions to write, like in # 145 "What would blue taste like if you could chew it?" (45) I also like # 44 "In one sentence communicate fear" (18).

I think that both of these really made you think and compose your thoughts and emotions to put down on the paper. I will certainly hold onto this book as I think that it is a valuable tool to have as a teacher. This is one of those many things that a teacher can carry in their bag of tricks!