This week we studied Word Choice in our writing. We realized words can engage us in an author's writing. We read the book A Leaf Can Be... by Laura Purdie Salas. We noticed how Laura did not say, "The giraffe eats leaves." Rather, she says, "Leaves can be a mouth filler." We used this inspiring book to write about our own topic of choice. We put our words in poetry format. One poem came out like this:
Owls in the Forest by Fiona Owls can be cool like a panda amazing like a unicorn eating fruit like a zebra living in trees like a monkey A few students even created inferences for their poems! We are working hard on learning and applying strategies to our writing!
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9/29/2013 10:21:49 pm
I love this! Thanks for using my book as a jumping-off point for student writing. Love how your students compared owls to other animals.
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