Today my students brought me great joy. How did they do it you might be wondering. It was not by showering me with gifts, or hugs, or compliments about how wonderful I am. My heart melted when I saw how excited they got about our writing prompt. Instantly every single student shouted with glee at the rush of ideas that came to their little brains. I have never seen them get working so quickly or work so diligently on a list or web for a writing assignment. I felt great pride as a teacher as they were beaming with excitement and their pencils were racing across their pages.
The prompt they were so excited about is "I know the house on the corner is haunted because..." I loved hearing them describe to me the things I would hear, feel or see if I were in their haunted house. In their houses I would hear the floor creak beneath my feet, feel a spider race down my arm, smell dust as it filled my nose, and hear the eerie hoot of an owl. Oh did I mention that there may be some human soup, and that blood-sucking vampires warm these haunted houses? Of course I had to set the mood by playing some Halloween music. I can't wait to read their final copies.
Feel free to your thoughts on how you know the house on the corner is haunted!!!!
