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Friday Freewrite: Bumfuzzled

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Use the following words in a story.

  • Bumfuzzled: confused or perplexed
  • Drub: to defeat decisively
  • Taradiddle: nonsense
  • Widdershins: something moving in the wrong direction
  • Gubbins: a gadget that has little value
  • Bumbershoot: an umbrella
  • Bibble: someone who eats or drinks noisily 
  • Rigamarole: confused and meaningless statements
  • Popple: choppy seas 
  • Flummery: porridge made with flour, but also used to describe an empty compliment

Read your story out loud!

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Friday Freewrite: Fairy Tale Mix-Up

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Pick two fairy tales. Take the characters of one of the stories and put them into the plot of the other. See what happens!

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Friday Freewrite: Famous

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You’re famous! You get to choose what you’re well-known for, though. What do you pick? Now describe what life might be like in the spotlight.

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Friday Freewrite: Recipe for the Perfect Day

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Create a recipe for the perfect day. List the “ingredients” you’d need and then write “instructions,” describing the day like you would for a cake recipe (for example: stir in 2 cups of sunshine).

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Friday Freewrite: Day in the Life of a Kitchen Trashcan

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Write about a typical day…from the perspective of the trashcan in your kitchen.

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