Triggers or Stimuli for Writing, Reading and Media Analysis

Since I am going to try out Gretchen Bernabei's  Memory Kernels this week with my class, I thought I would have visual stimuli ready. A colleague reminded me of using Mean Girls Video from Rachel Crow. It is great for talking about being bullied. I also thought of the new Verizon commercial at being better. It is hilarious. I also wanted to add the VW video of people laughing. I simply love it and it always brings a smile to my face. They are great trigger for conversation, analysis and writing. Enjoy!

Dear Sophie Truisms and Extra Chewing Gum Tugging at the Heart

I posted these two sweet videos.  They tug at the heart strings and they have truisms in them.  These videos can be used as a trigger or stimulus for writing.  They can also be used to study truisms in writing and themes in reading and media.  I am sure there are other uses as well.

VW Commercial with Truisms

I saw this commercial and I thought it could be used to bring in multimedia when presenting themes and truisms for reading and writing.  You could make a quicklist from it as well.  This would be fun!  You can never go wrong when it comes to laughter!