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LANGUAGE STUDY
104 Pages, 6 x 9
Formats: Saddle-Stitched
Saddle-Stitched, $16.95 (US $16.95) (CA $22.50)
Publication Date: March 2013
ISBN 9780866473507
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My Thoughts is a powerful, student-friendly introduction to freewriting—an approach that helps learners develop fluency, confidence, and personal voice without the pressure of grades, correction, or rigid structure. This collection includes 74 visually rich, open-ended writing tasks, each pairing a brief prompt with a colorful, evocative illustration that sparks imagination and lowers the affective filter. Students are encouraged to fill the page with words, sentences, observations, feelings, and ideas, discovering that they have far more to say in English than they realized.
The prompts range from simple personal reflections to more inventive, story-like scenarios: How do you feel on a rainy day? Describe an adventure you would like to have. What is your favorite game and how do you play it? Why are people afraid of snakes? The illustrations invite interpretation, humor, curiosity, and creativity, making the writing feel like play instead of an assignment. A unique feature of the book is the small space provided on each page for a brief teacher response. These short notes—such as “Is this true?”, “What a beautiful scene!”, or “Very funny!”—offer encouragement, establish rapport, and validate students’ ideas while keeping the focus on expression rather than correction.
This format builds trust, reduces writing anxiety, and helps students experience writing as a form of communication, not evaluation. Ideal for warm-ups, journaling routines, literacy-based ESL classes, and creative writing workshops, My Thoughts invites learners to take risks, explore ideas, and find joy in expressing themselves on paper.