My last post gave readers an example of a creative writing prompt. For me, this prompt is part of a final assignment for one of my Education Program courses. The point of this activity was to publish a piece of writing that was created from a writing prompt that was part of a previous assignment.
When I created the prompt in the first place, it was based on an article about misunderstandings between speakers of different languages; I then went with the theme of misunderstandings or confusion. This part, however, is not necessary for doing a freewrite; however, determining a theme for freewriting can be beneficial if you know that you will be writing on a certain topic for a later assignment.
I really enjoyed doing this prompt. I loved the constraint of having to use 5 words from my freewrite into my representation (poem). I liked the challenge of having to figure out where
to put my words in order to serve a purpose and create a theme. By the time I got to the end, though, I realized I had
forgotten to include one of the words, so I had to go back and change the poem to include it.
I would've liked to have done a piece of art as the representational product for this prompt, or even
present a dramatic representation not of my freewrite but of my response poem.
So perhaps that could be an extension to this assignment: presentations to the
class (could be done as a reading or representation?) or maybe even make it
optional for bonus marks.
I would like to thank everyone who commented on my previous post, for contributing to my end of term assignment. I enjoyed reading your opinions and hope to write another post that will provide more opportunities for you to connect with the material.
Yours in educational pursuits,
Ashley
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