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Making Gratitude
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Who Will You Thank, What Will You Make?
- In your Daybook, draft a Thank You note to someone you would like to show appreciation to.
- Use the Freewriting and Creative Brainstorming you did to inform your style.
- Grab a pre-packaged note card or create your own note and envelope.
- Write your Thank You note, put a stamp & address on it if needs mailing, and send it.
Reflecting...
Key Beliefs & Elements
- What worked for you about this IIE?
- What lingering questions do you have about it?
- What would you change, how would you improve it?
- What will stay with you from this IIE beyond your experience today?
- Thank You notes are powerful social connectors.
- Thank You notes are more powerful and imbued with the writer's distinct personality when handwritten. They become a gift in themselves.
- Fostering a habit of gratitude can create a positive learning culture.
- Making Thank You notes engages all the senses in a production-learning activity.
Daybook Freewrite
Think of someone to whom you owe a great deal, for opening a door for you or for moving road-blocks. Maybe this person has no idea what he/she has done. Maybe it seemed incredibly small or insignificant at the time. Take 5 minutes to write about what this person/these people did for you and why you're grateful.
Read Some Mentor Texts
11 Famous Thank You Notes
http://mentalfloss.com/article/29959/11-amazing-thank-you-notes-famous-people
How Writing "Thank You" Changed a Life and Led to a Book
http://www.npr.org/2010/12/26/132263637/perfect-thank-you-notes-heartfelt-and-handwritten
Brainstorming Writing
Read "All that You Have Given Me Africa"
Using the poem as a template of sorts, write your own praise poem to a place or other inanimate thing for which you feel grateful.
http://books.google.com/books?id=KpVBQimO2j0C&pg=PA27&lpg=PA27&dq=All+that+you+Have+Given+Me+Africa+poem&source=bl&ots=28DHDr5aQc&sig=x5N4AreW8_2PtMm7BSo-FnKDpVM&hl=en&sa=X&ei=9yTlUbX6Iavh4AOyngE&ved=0CEgQ6AEwAw#v=onepage&q=All%20that%20you%20Have%20Given%20Me%20Africa%20poem&f=false