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Commonplace Books

Memoir Write to Learn 2022
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Melding Creativity, Critical Thinking & Community:
The Commonplace Book 

A place for reflection, art, journaling, life questions. A compilation of life at that moment, a consideration of  the past that made us who we are today, and a contemplation of  the future and its possibilities. This is my favorite tool that I always use with every class and every student. Cohort Amy Knowles presented this as her demo in the 2009 Ozarks Writing Project Summer Institute and I ran with it. I’ve presented on this twice at the Write to Learn conference. 

Commonplace Books

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Commonplace books are amazing. These messy, creative books can do anything you want them to. They aren't journals and they aren't scrapbooks but are kind of a combination of the two. 


The "I Am" spread

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Students write and design metaphors of themselves. This type of abstract thinking really stretches some students. 

I'm Kinda an Expert...

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Pages I Want to Try

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To Try: Poetry & Sketchnoting

About Me spread

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The About Me spread are the first pages we do, usually in the first full week of school. Students just create the pages to portray aspects of their life and personalities. A low-risk fun way to introduce ourselves. 

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Picture My Future

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Students create a collage of what they want in their future. This is sometimes. done during a career unit. 

50 Questions

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To Try: Graphic Essays

Paper Bag Books

Students create books from paper bags!
Paper Bag Books
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Curating Internet Resources on Commonplacing

Internet Resources for Commonplacing

Altered Books 

This is a project we've done in Creative Writing. Students take discarded books and they create using the book as their canvas. 
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Altered Book by Zara R. 2017
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