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A Day in the Life of an Owl by Laura S.

Writing Prompt Support - How to Get Started Video

Hi Everyone, I created this video a few years ago but thought it might be helpful for both students and teachers using writing prompts in their classroom. Happy Writing!

Goal Setting - What is a goal you want to achieve?

 
From time to time, it makes sense to reflect and think about our personal goals.  What is something that you what to achieve but haven't be able to yet? In class we are currently reading the amazing books, Ghost, Patina, Sunny and Lu by Jason Reynolds, and thought about the characters' goals and how they relate to our own. Please check some of our amazing writing that encompasses just some of the literacy learning we have done this year! You can also check out this BrainPop video that also helped us focus the learning!

You can also checkout some of the learning we did previous to our writing, when we decided on which books to read, and listened to a short reading of Ghost by Jason Reynolds himself! 

Food Trucks!

Have you ever had the experience of eating at a food truck? What did you have? Where was it located? For the next few weeks we will be learning more about food trucks and designing our very own! 

To start, let's check out some videos about food trucks to learn a little more about them! 

After watching these videos, let's do some brainstorming together! What do you now know about food trucks? What supplies are needed? Create a list in your notebook that explains the many things needed to start and run a food truck.  You can also start thinking about what type you want to create as well! 

Yearly Writing Prompts

This year we will often access the writing prompts below. At times we will focus on specific prompts as a group, and other times you will have the opportunity to chose a writing prompt that interests you most. The goal is to write from a variety of perspectives and styles and move beyond only writing about what you are familiar with. Though writing about familiar topics is a good way to start, we will work this year to push ourselves with new topics and ideas! 

Below are links that will take you to the Writing Prompt Calendars we've talked about in class.

September Writing Prompts A

October Writing Prompts A

November Writing Prompts A 

December Writing Prompts A

January Writing Prompts A

February Writing Prompts A

March Writing Prompts A

April Writing Prompts A

May Writing Prompts A

June Writing Prompts A

I have many students samples that I will also share through the year. We will go through the many different steps and strategies that can help you build your skills as a writer! 

Below are links to more complicated topics that require a specific form and style. For some of us, we will start using these very soon, and for others it will a goal to work towards. Please feel free to check out both links for each month and find the topic(s) that interest you most!

September Writing Prompts B

October Writing Prompts B

November Writing Prompts B

December Writing Prompts B

January Writing Prompts B

February Writing Prompts B

March Writing Prompts B

April Writing Prompts B

May Writing Prompts B

June Writing Prompts B

The above writing prompts fit into one of five categories - Persuasive, Creative, Argumentative, Expository, Reflective  

Key to the 5 prompt types

1. Persuasive

The PERSUASIVE essay attempts to sway the reader to accept the writer’s position. Key Words: Persuade, convince, sway, argue, convert.

2. Creative

The CREATIVE essay tells a story or describes a situation, person, or location. Key Words: imagine, story, tell, describe, detail.

3. Argumentative

The ARGUMENTATIVE essay is developed from a thesis in which the student takes a stance/gives an opinion. Key words: Justify, prove, take a stance, agree or disagree, argue for or against, should you or should you not, why or why not.

4. Expository

An EXPOSITORY essay explains a premise. Key words: Define, describe, demonstrate, tell how, illustrate, explain, outline the steps needed, compare or contrast, distinguish between, show cause and effect, give examples.

5. Reflective

The REFLECTIVE Essay encourages students to analyze and write about their life, personality, and/or experiences. Reflective essays are much less academic in nature. Key words: your, you.

Credit for the above info goes to The Write Shop - a fantastic resource! 

Brain Pop Videos (unfortunately only Mrs. Steinhoff can play these videos for you at school due to the subscription level)

Types of Writing

The Writing Process

"How to" Writing - Some Background and an Example

Hi Everyone!

Do you know how to "dab"? What about "floss"? These dance moves were pretty popular last year!! How would you teach someone to do this or something else that you are good at? The video below shows just how hard it can be to learn something and to teach something!

We have started to brainstorm some ideas for our "How-to" Writing in the general posts on TEAMS. This will be a great opportunity to teach and learn from others as we continue to learn remotely.

Teaching someone how to do something can be tricky business.  You need to be sure to include precise language, specific steps and helpful tips to support their learning.  

When we did our "Les biscuits palmiers" in French, we used a lot of verbs.  We will need to do the same thing for this project in ELA.  Here are some verbs below that make sense for cooking/baking.  Think about what verbs you would need for your "How To".

Take a look at my How To below. Think of it as example.  How can you use my example to create something similar about something that you know how to do? Below there are also anchor charts that help you to understand a bit of background around this new writing project. 

How to Listen to Your Work in Word

Hello Everyone!

As you are working on online documents, you many want to try this strategy to make sure your work sounds the way you want it to! It is especially helpful when we are learning remotely.

Take a look at the video and please leave a comment below if you think this is something you might find useful in your classroom!

Click here for the video if the one below does not work :)

The World's Perspective - I am Poems

Hello Everyone,

Please enjoy these incredibly poignant poems written by my students. They range in perspectives as related to the current global health crisis. If you would like to submit a poem as well, please so so by leaving it in the comments below and I will add it to this post.  Thank you.

I Am the News 

By Ella 

I am the news 

I see everyone looking lost, knowing not what to do next 

I hear their words of fear from every direction 

I listen, I hear the quiet around the broadcast center it's as if I'm wearing ear plugs 

I’m told everything but not trusted fully 

I am the news 

I am Kevin Durant 

By Gavin 

I am Kevin Durant 

I wonder if I will get to play basketball again 

I see the doctors testing me  

I hear the doctors in the lab like bees in a bee’s nest 

I smell lots of hand sanitizer 

I worry about my health in the fearing future 

I feel not too bad 

I am Kevin Durant 

I am Ella

I am worried for my health 

I wonder how much longer it will be until a cure is found 

I hear news of more and more people getting sick 

I see people not taking precautions to stay healthy 

I want to know how much longer this craziness will last 

I am Ella 

I am a Retail Worker/Grocery Store Clerk 

by Ella

I am worried someone I help may be carrying the virus 

I wonder why others think it a good idea to fight over a little thing such as toilet paper 

I hear the scanning sound every time I scan an item  

I see people stocking up on items 

I want the stress that comes with this to stop 

I am a retail worker/ grocery store clerk 

I am a Worried Mother 

by Sara

I don’t know what to do 

I want my kid to learn but I want him/her healthy too 

I wish we could go back to when everything was normal before this peaking pandemic 

I read all about the deaths and the people infected on the national newspaper  

I hear that only 13% of the regular students are going to school  

I see everyone freaking out like the world is going to end 

I know that people have died  

I wonder why people have decided that toilet paper is their top priority not food 

I see everyone rushing to get things like it’s the last one in the world 

  I am a worried mother 

I am Donavan Mitchell 

By Eli 

I hear all the raging rumors about the virus 

I wonder when I will get out of this quiet quarantine  

I want to get out of isolation 

I see the news filled like a mall on black Friday with news about new cases 

I stress about my wife and family 

I feel all the strong support from the Basketball world 

I worry about when this virus will end 

I am Donavan Mitchell 

I am a Lonely Friend  

I wonder how I am going to get though these lonely weeks without my friends 

I hear people saying that we could have no school till September 

I see my friends wanting to be in school every last second like a bunch of hungry people getting one last meal before going a very long journey  

I want to go to school and have a class filled with lively laughter   

I am a lonely friend    

By Isabella