Ideas BellworkResponding to Quotations

Bellwork 9/5- Chose one of the following quotes to copy on your paper and respond to. Think about it’s meaning to the author and it’s meaning to you.

“An idea, like a ghost, must be spoken to a little before it will explain itself.”-Charles Dickens

It’s like a bird watcher watching for birds: The stories are there- you just have to train yourself to look for them. -Barbara Michaels

Bellwork 9/6- Chose one of the following quotes to copy on your paper and respond to. Think about it’s meaning to the author and it’s meaning to you.

When I was in school I thought details were just extra words to add in a story to make it better. I thought detail was decoration or wallpaper…Details are not wallpaper; they are walls. –Barry Lane

Don’t say the old lady screamed. Bring her on and let her scream. –Mark Twain

Bellwork 9/7- Chose one of the following quotes to copy on your paper and respond to. Think about it’s meaning to the author and it’s meaning to you.

The golden rule of writing is to write about what you care about. If you care about your topic, you’ll do your best writing, and then you stand the best chance of really touching the reader in some way. –Jerry Spinelli

Human beings have a great need to represent their experience through writing. We need to make our truths beautiful. –Lucy McCormick Calkins