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when you’re writing a book report?

a. listing books by authors you enjoy

b. wondering how a favorite character would solve your problems

c. asking your friends about the novels they love

when you’re writing a hISTORY

report about colonial America?

a. watching a documentary about colonial cooking

b. looking through your notes from history class

c. chatting with your mom about your family’s trip to

Colonial Williamsburg

when you’re writing a haiku

for your school literary

magazine?

a. thinking about your favorite colors, sounds, and tastes

b. picking out details of an interesting photo or painting

c. listing words you love because of the way they sound

As you might have guessed, they’re all right answers!

Your life, your experiences, and your thoughts are

the best sources you have for writing ideas. School

writing assignments usually give you a starting point,

such as “Tell a story from your summer vacation” or

“Write a poem about your favorite season.” But most

assignments leave plenty of room to imagine, research,

and develop your own ideas.

Pencil

Point

Ideas can come from

anywhere, anytime.

Keep a notebook to

record questions that

cross your mind, to-do

lists, words you love,

conversations you

overhear, jokes that

make you laugh, what-

ever you like! Ideas

for all your writing—

whether for school or

for yourself—can go

in your notebook.

TIP: You might want

to keep a special

notebook just for the

exercises and prompts

in this book.