Writing Workshop
Writing workshop entries are a great way for students to practice telling part of their day as a story, and helps with recall. When they write journal entries, they should look to make sure words are spelled in lowercase letters ( with an uppercase for the beginning of a sentence and names of course ! ), that each sentences ends in punctuation and that words are spelled as best as they can.
They could also be experimenting with dialogue as well, adding in moments where they are talking, or someone is talking to them. A journal entry also needs a beginning, middle and end. They should also answer the "w" questions : who, what, when, where and why. A picture that matches their story should complete the entry !
Your classroom teacher would have assigned you work but if you are looking for other ideas to keep you busy here are a few suggestions and you can email me your work or you can take a picture of it and email me the picture. I can't wait to read your work !
Here's your daily quick writes for the week!
Wednesday: If you could switch places with your mom or your dad for a day, or an adult in your life, what would you do ?
Thursday: Do you drink milk ? Would you rather drink chocolate milk or white milk ? why ?
Friday: If you could swim with dolphins for one day, where would you go ? What would you do ?
Monday: If you could paint your room any colour, what would you choose ? Why?
Tuesday: Free write
Paragraph of the week
Directions:
At the beginning of each week ( Wednesday ), you will receive a writing topic. Throughout the week you are going to use this topic to write a well organized paragraph ( or 2)
Each day you should complete the following:
Wedneday : Read the topic and brainstorm ideas
Thursday: Write a first draft
Friday: Revise and edit your draft. You should do your edits in a coloured pen so they are easy to see
Monday : Write a final/ published copy of your paragraph ( or 2) of the week.
Tuesday: submit your final copy to Mrs. Madden by taking a picture of it and email it to either
emadden@hrce.ca or emadden@gnspes.ca