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Writers Inventory Sheet

Sometimes coming up with a topic can be the hardest part of the process (sometimes not). Here is a sheet you can use to get students thinking about what they are interesting in writing about. You can add any categories that you want students to think about using for their writing.

Writers Inventory Sheet

List 3–5 ideas, quickly in each category. You may want to jot down the names of people or places; ideas and questions you have; memories; whatever it is that the topic bring to mind for you:

Mentors

Teachers

Moments of triumph in school

Embarrassing moment in school

Times you learned something

Times you taught something

Things that were easy to learn

Things you’ve never been able to “get”

Firsts in school

Friends

Enemies

Controversies or Trends

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