The class breaks the normal routine and goes outside for inspiration.
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It was a beautiful day and I wanted the children to experience a little of what real writers do. Writers get motivated in various ways. They don’t just look out a window, they experience being outside. And I also wanted to breath. I needed to get away. So I invited the children to think of the various types of writing we have experienced. I said to the children, “Go outside. Get motivated to compose something. Come back in and choose a particular way of composing to write about what is outside. “