Summer Writing: What Does Freedom Mean to Me?

Now that the Fourth of July is over, have your little darlings take some time to write about freedom. This writing assignment can be modified for writers of any age.

Writing Topic
What does freedom mean to me?

Writing Tools
For very young writers:

• Provide a pencil and lined paper

For growing and older writers:

• Provide a pen and wide- or college-ruled notebook paper or a laptop/PC

Writing Prompts
For very young writers:

• I think freedom means...
• The Fourth of July was fun because...
• At the Fourth of July parade I saw...
• On the Fourth of July I went...

For growing writers:

• If feel like I am free because...
• The opposite of freedom is...
• If I wasn't free...
• The people who fight for my freedom are...

For older writers:

• The cost of freedom in America has been...
• The different types of freedom include...
• Freedom isn't free because...
• When people don't have freedom...

A note to the teacher/parent: Writing assignments posted on Mondays are intended to be long. However, the individual teacher/parent knows each student/child(s) ability and should modify the assignment accordingly.

Set your little darlings free and allow them to write from the heart!

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