Over at Two Writing Teachers they have been choosing One Little Word for the last several years. The idea is to find a single word that expresses something you will work toward in the coming year.
I think it's a neat concept, and this is the seventh year that I've asked my students to do this, too. The assignment is for them to choose a word and then write a paragraph explaining why they want more of this in their lives.
Here are the choices so far for this year, several were chosen by more than one person:
family
love
spirited
focus
green
grades
learn
complete
patience
change
procrastination
believe
peace
tolerance
complete
awesome
lively
smart
and one student chose her last name with this explanation:
This will let me be friendly and funny (traits of a typical member of my family). I will have thousands of kind friends and we will be strong together.
More than anything else, I was struck by the positivity and enthusiasm my students have for the year ahead. In the exact words of several? 2014 is going to be a great year!
It's kind of nice to work with so many optimists.
I think it's a neat concept, and this is the seventh year that I've asked my students to do this, too. The assignment is for them to choose a word and then write a paragraph explaining why they want more of this in their lives.
Here are the choices so far for this year, several were chosen by more than one person:
family
love
spirited
focus
green
grades
learn
complete
patience
change
procrastination
believe
peace
tolerance
complete
awesome
lively
smart
and one student chose her last name with this explanation:
This will let me be friendly and funny (traits of a typical member of my family). I will have thousands of kind friends and we will be strong together.
More than anything else, I was struck by the positivity and enthusiasm my students have for the year ahead. In the exact words of several? 2014 is going to be a great year!
It's kind of nice to work with so many optimists.
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