paint

colour card

its got novelty value

i love paint strips

i don't know why, they have ... whimsical names and they are bright or muted, they are colorful either way

i always want to create some purpose for amassing them - so i did!

the students will be given a card, and they have to learn and brainstorm about each word on the card
then write a story or poem using the words in their writing ... for example

on a strip with greens the names of the colos listed are

Landslide / Enchanted Forest / Pacific Pines / Woodland Mystery / Sea Drops / White Mantle

does that not spell ... fairies or a fairy tale or something silky and mystery and taking place traveling through woods to the sea? if i just wind up making these up myself it might be enough for me.

another example

Quiet Stillness / Strawberry Crush / Pink Tiger / Pinwheel / Pink Parfait / Pure Pink

okay so there was a lot of PINK but lets say I make some rules, like repeated words can be dropped... what if you have...

Quiet Stillness /Strawberry Crush / Tiger / Pinwheel / Parfait / Pure
oh my. zoos or circuses come to mind. parks? deserts. pure? i mean this one is a little more fragmented but what about a character, who wakes early before work to be alone at the zoo where they sell parfaits.... :o) Where they enjoy the purity of the animals sleep... the quiet stillness of the silence and the helpless animals sleeping... before needing to sell the Strawberry Crush and Parfaits to the pinwheel-wiedling youth and see-through-you grown ups trudging along through the lush scenery?

maybe the writer in me is looking for anything, something, anything! to get the juices flowing and get writing again. maybe i am overtired. maybe it will work in the classroom. i don't know. i won't know till i try, i suppose!

I leave you with... .

Silence / Goodnight Moon / Wish Upon A Star / Storytime / Blue Bow

*love*
Vanessa