Quickwriting Prompts for Creative Reflection
QUICKWRITES
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Write “Quickwrites” at the top of the page.
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Draw a line halfway down by the hole,
splitting your page in two.
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You have 5 minutes to write ½ a page.
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I’ll collect them when we’ve filled up a
single sheet with 4 Quickwrites.
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Full credit will be earned for ½ a page of
serious thoughts on the subject.
Instructions
QUICKWRITES
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Cold
(cha 1)
Siblings
(cha 1)
PB
&
J
(cha 3)
Lazy Eye
(cha 2)
Saved
(cha 2)
Laugh
(cha 3)
Frozen
(cha 4)
Scare
(cha 5)
Welfare
(cha 6)
Burial
(cha 6)
Conk
(cha 7)
Dad Mad
(cha 7)
Tech
(cha 8)
Sands
(cha 8)
Stars
(cha 10)
Details
(cha 9)
Hillbilly
(cha 9)
Grandma
(cha 11)
Obey
(cha 11)
Robert
(cha 12)
Steps
(cha 13)
Byron
(cha 13)
Wool Pooh
(cha 14)
Hospital
(cha 15)
Believe
(cha 15)
QUICKWRITES
COLD
Describe the coldest weather you've ever
been in. Where and when were you there?
What was it like? What did you do? Create
a metaphor or simile like Kenny does to
illustrate how cold it was for you.
CHAPTER 1
QUICKWRITES
SIBLINGS
Describe a time when brothers or sisters or
friends picked on you like Byron and
Buphead did to Kenny. Or...describe a time
you were the older sibling/friend who
picked on a younger kid. What happened?
What feelings were running through you?
Compare your situation to Kenny’s in the
story.
CHAPTER 1
QUICKWRITES
LAZY EYE
Discuss how Kenny must feel
about his eye. What must it be
like to have everyone looking at
it? Do you think he feels like they
notice him as a person? Why or
why not? Out of respect, where
should people look or how should
they try to act around him?
CHAPTER 2
QUICKWRITES
SAVED
Kenny says that he “learned about getting
saved...how someone could come to you
when you were feeling real, real bad and
could take all of your problems away and
make you feel better...that the person who
saved you, your personal saver, was sent by
God to protect you and to help you out”
(28). Explore your thoughts about that
idea.
CHAPTER 2
QUICKWRITES
PB
&
J
Predict why Rufus and Cody might be so
happy to eat half of Kenny’s peanut butter
sandwich. Justify your idea with evidence
from the story. Provide details from the
scenes they’ve been in so far.
CHAPTER 3
QUICKWRITES
LAUGH
All Kenny did was laugh at one joke and
now Rufus is treating him differently.
Explain why Rufus is acting differently
around Kenny now. Discuss whether or not
his reaction is fair. What’s the big deal
about one little laugh? Then recall a time
you gave “one little laugh” and describe
that memory.
CHAPTER 3
QUICKWRITES
FROZEN
Consider what Kenny is thinking while
Byron tells him the story about the garbage
trucks and the frozen people. Describe
what it is like to hear someone tell you a
story like that. Are you more likely to
believe or disbelieve them? Why? What do
stories like that make you feel? What do
they make you think about the storyteller?
CHAPTER 4
QUICKWRITES
SCARE
Why does Momma feel she needs to scare
Byron? How is she being fair? How is she
not? Argue whether or not you think it’s
good parenting for Momma to treat Byron
this way. Use evidence from the text to
justify your thoughts.
CHAPTER 5
QUICKWRITES
WELFARE
Why is Byron so embarrassed about the
idea of welfare food? What have you heard
about welfare? What are your thoughts
about it? What does Byron think people
think about people who get welfare food?
What have you thought about people who
get welfare food?
CHAPTER 6
QUICKWRITES
BURIAL
Explain what kind of a person Byron is.
How can he seem to be so mean one
moment, then the next moment turn
around and give a bird a proper burial?
How do these sides of Byron mix? Why
does he bury the bird? Why does he do all
the things he does?
CHAPTER 6
QUICKWRITES
CONK
Byron gets a conk hair style because he
wants “Mexican-style hair” and wants to be
cool. What do you think about this? Should
people like Byron do things like this to feel
cool? Justify your answer with some logical
arguments.
CHAPTER 7
QUICKWRITES
DAD MAD
Analyze why Dad is so mad at Byron for
getting the conk hair style.
CHAPTER 7
QUICKWRITES
TECH
Describe a time when your family got some
new technology or great new thing at your
house. What was it? How was it new and
different for your family? How did it make
your family feel? How did family members
react? How is it used today?
CHAPTER 8
QUICKWRITES
SANDS
Analyze the different behaviors of Byron
and based on what we know about
Grandma Sands, predict how she will react
to them all.
CHAPTER 8
QUICKWRITES
DETAILS
Momma is the kind of traveler who plans
everything down to the last detail. What
kind of travelers are your parents? How
much do they plan things down to the
details and the hour-by-hour schedule?
What kind of planner are you when you
plan activities? Why?
CHAPTER 9
QUICKWRITES
HILLBILLY
What might be so bad about the family
picking up hillbilly habits?
CHAPTER 9
QUICKWRITES
STARS
Describe the most stars you’ve ever seen.
Where and when were you? What was it
like? How was it different from where you
live? Why?
CHAPTER 10
QUICKWRITES
GRANDMA
Pick a grandma and describe what she is
like. Physically? Emotionally? Personality?
Spiritually? Describe the first time you
remember meeting/seeing her. Or describe
what it’s been like to know her your whole
life. Or if you never got to know your
grandmas, what has that been like for you?
CHAPTER 11
QUICKWRITES
OBEY
Discuss why you think Byron starts
obeying Grandma Sands right from the
beginning. Justify your opinions with
details from the chapter.
CHAPTER 11
QUICKWRITES
ROBERT
Explain what you think is going on with
Grandma Sands and Mr. Robert. Why is
Momma acting so strange about them?
Why is this a conflict in the story? How
might this situation be different in 1963
compared with today?
CHAPTER 12
QUICKWRITES
STEPS
Kenny says that “[t]here’s one good thing
about getting in trouble: It seems like you
do it in steps. It seems like you don’t just
end up in trouble but that you kind of ease
yourself into it.” Analyze Kenny’s
philosophical idea. Explain the ways it’s
true and maybe the ways it might not
completely work.
CHAPTER 13
QUICKWRITES
BYRON
Discuss why you think Christopher Paul
Curtis had Byron save Kenny’s life. What
does it mean for the story? What does it
mean for Byron? Justify your thoughts with
examples from the text.
CHAPTER 13
QUICKWRITES
WOOL POOH
Discuss what Kenny might mean when he
keeps using the phrase “Wool Pooh,” even
though they aren’t back at the swimming
hole. Examine the times he uses the phrase
and analyze what they mean when all put
together.
CHAPTER 14
QUICKWRITES
HOSPITAL
Explain why Kenny keeps hiding in the
World-Famous Watson Pet Hospital.
Discuss the situation from chapter 14 and
how it has affected Kenny’s emotional state
of mind.
CHAPTER 15
QUICKWRITES
BELIEVE
Explain why Kenny believes in the Wool
Pooh and magic powers. Justify your
explanation with examples from the text.
CHAPTER 15
QUICKWRITES
Engage in quickwriting exercises with thought-provoking prompts to spark your creativity and introspection. Explore themes such as cold weather experiences, sibling dynamics, and personal reflections, inspired by the characters and events in the provided chapter highlights. Let your imagination and emotions flow as you respond to each prompt within a timed session. Embrace the opportunity for self-expression and contemplation through writing.
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Instructions Write Quickwrites at the top of the page. Draw a line halfway down by the hole, splitting your page in two. You have 5 minutes to write a page. I ll collect them when we ve filled up a single sheet with 4 Quickwrites. Full credit will be earned for a page of serious thoughts on the subject.
TABLE OF CONTENTS Cold (cha 1) Siblings (cha 1) Lazy Eye (cha 2) Saved (cha 2) Tech (cha 8) Sands (cha 8) Details (cha 9) Hillbilly (cha 9) Stars (cha 10) Grandma (cha 11) Obey (cha 11) Robert (cha 12) Steps (cha 13) Byron (cha 13) Wool Pooh (cha 14) Hospital (cha 15) Believe (cha 15) PB&J (cha 3) Laugh (cha 3) Frozen (cha 4) Scare (cha 5) Welfare (cha 6) Burial (cha 6) Conk (cha 7) Dad Mad (cha 7)
COLD CHAPTER 1 Describe the coldest weather you've ever been in. Where and when were you there? What was it like? What did you do? Create a metaphor or simile like Kenny does to illustrate how cold it was for you.
SIBLINGS CHAPTER 1 Describe a time when brothers or sisters or friends picked on you like Byron and Buphead did to Kenny. Or...describe a time you were the older sibling/friend who picked on a younger kid. What happened? What feelings were running through you? Compare your situation to Kenny s in the story.
LAZY EYE CHAPTER 2 Discuss how Kenny must feel about his eye. What must it be like to have everyone looking at it? Do you think he feels like they notice him as a person? Why or why not? Out of respect, where should people look or how should they try to act around him?
SAVED CHAPTER 2 Kenny says that he learned about getting saved...how someone could come to you when you were feeling real, real bad and could take all of your problems away and make you feel better...that the person who saved you, your personal saver, was sent by God to protect you and to help you out (28). Explore your thoughts about that idea.
PB&J CHAPTER 3 Predict why Rufus and Cody might be so happy to eat half of Kenny s peanut butter sandwich. Justify your idea with evidence from the story. Provide details from the scenes they ve been in so far.
LAUGH CHAPTER 3 All Kenny did was laugh at one joke and now Rufus is treating him differently. Explain why Rufus is acting differently around Kenny now. Discuss whether or not his reaction is fair. What s the big deal about one little laugh? Then recall a time you gave one little laugh and describe that memory.
FROZEN CHAPTER 4 Consider what Kenny is thinking while Byron tells him the story about the garbage trucks and the frozen people. Describe what it is like to hear someone tell you a story like that. Are you more likely to believe or disbelieve them? Why? What do stories like that make you feel? What do they make you think about the storyteller?
SCARE CHAPTER 5 Why does Momma feel she needs to scare Byron? How is she being fair? How is she not? Argue whether or not you think it s good parenting for Momma to treat Byron this way. Use evidence from the text to justify your thoughts.
WELFARE CHAPTER 6 Why is Byron so embarrassed about the idea of welfare food? What have you heard about welfare? What are your thoughts about it? What does Byron think people think about people who get welfare food? What have you thought about people who get welfare food?
BURIAL CHAPTER 6 Explain what kind of a person Byron is. How can he seem to be so mean one moment, then the next moment turn around and give a bird a proper burial? How do these sides of Byron mix? Why does he bury the bird? Why does he do all the things he does?
CONK CHAPTER 7 Byron gets a conk hair style because he wants Mexican-style hair and wants to be cool. What do you think about this? Should people like Byron do things like this to feel cool? Justify your answer with some logical arguments.
DAD MAD CHAPTER 7 Analyze why Dad is so mad at Byron for getting the conk hair style.
TECH CHAPTER 8 Describe a time when your family got some new technology or great new thing at your house. What was it? How was it new and different for your family? How did it make your family feel? How did family members react? How is it used today?
SANDS CHAPTER 8 Analyze the different behaviors of Byron and based on what we know about Grandma Sands, predict how she will react to them all.
DETAILS CHAPTER 9 Momma is the kind of traveler who plans everything down to the last detail. What kind of travelers are your parents? How much do they plan things down to the details and the hour-by-hour schedule? What kind of planner are you when you plan activities? Why?
HILLBILLY CHAPTER 9 What might be so bad about the family picking up hillbilly habits?
STARS CHAPTER 10 Describe the most stars you ve ever seen. Where and when were you? What was it like? How was it different from where you live? Why?
GRANDMA CHAPTER 11 Pick a grandma and describe what she is like. Physically? Emotionally? Personality? Spiritually? Describe the first time you remember meeting/seeing her. Or describe what it s been like to know her your whole life. Or if you never got to know your grandmas, what has that been like for you?
OBEY CHAPTER 11 Discuss why you think Byron starts obeying Grandma Sands right from the beginning. Justify your opinions with details from the chapter.
ROBERT CHAPTER 12 Explain what you think is going on with Grandma Sands and Mr. Robert. Why is Momma acting so strange about them? Why is this a conflict in the story? How might this situation be different in 1963 compared with today?
STEPS CHAPTER 13 Kenny says that [t]here s one good thing about getting in trouble: It seems like you do it in steps. It seems like you don t just end up in trouble but that you kind of ease yourself into it. Analyze Kenny s philosophical idea. Explain the ways it s true and maybe the ways it might not completely work.
BYRON CHAPTER 13 Discuss why you think Christopher Paul Curtis had Byron save Kenny s life. What does it mean for the story? What does it mean for Byron? Justify your thoughts with examples from the text.
