| 1) Have the students randomly choose two | | | | adventure.4) Have each student choose |
| nouns, two verbs, two adjectives and two | | | | something in the room and then describe it to the |
| adverbs. Write these eight words on the board. | | | | best of his or her abilities. Then, if that inanimate |
| Tell the students to use all eight words, along with | | | | item could speak, have the student describe what |
| any other words, in either a poem, an essay or a | | | | it would say.5) Write one short sentence per |
| short story.2) Hand each student a slip of paper | | | | piece of paper with enough pieces of paper for |
| with a single word on it. Have the students write | | | | each person in the class. Have the student who |
| a story working that word into the story | | | | has been handed the sheet of paper first add |
| somehow. Sample word list: | | | | another sentence. Then rotate the pieces of |
| air alligator ball boy cat dog daisy dreadlock | | | | paper around the room, with each person first |
| elephant eagle frog freedom giraffe gym handcuff | | | | reading what others have written and then adding |
| horse ice cream igloo jeans jar kite kindergarten | | | | one sentence of their own. Read the results |
| love life moon movie nest night ocean oil path | | | | aloud.Jill L. Ferguson is a writer, editor, public |
| palace quiet queen race roof safe spirit taxi tie | | | | speaker and professor of creative writing, |
| unhappy ugly vacation vegetable watch whale | | | | literature and communication. Hundreds of her |
| x-ray yard year zipper zoo3) Imagine you are | | | | articles have appeared in print in national |
| alone on a desert island. What would you do? How | | | | magazines and newspapers. Her first novel, |
| would you live? Who or what would you miss | | | | Sometimes Art Can't Save You, was published by |
| from home? Write a story or a poem about your | | | | In Your Face Ink ( in October 2005. |