The following is a link to a blog that looks at ideas to get children started with writing, ways to inspire them to write. It is mainly aimed at home schooling, but may give some ideas to motivate writing in the classroom.
http://www.writeshop.com/blog/2009/01/09/brainstorming-ideas-to-inspire-your-childrens-writing/
Love this page http://www.writeshop.com/blog/category/writing-games-activities/
ReplyDeleteI like the idea of playing games to warm up to writing. We do it for maths, so why not. I particlarily liked the idea of the looks like game as it involved writing and going outside. Great for senior kids.
I was also quite interested in the hopscotch brainstorm for creative writing ideas - again not a sit down and write activity but something you could physically do and use oral language. I'm finding that the oral language, the sharing of all the ideas first really helps with the writing later.