snowball descriptive writing
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Students will make sentences more descriptive through collaboration.TRANSCRIPT
Snowball Descriptive Writing
Grade: 4Subject: Language ArtsDate: Time: 30 minutes
Materials Handout will have a basic sentence at the top of the page (1 per student)Student Groupings Individual
Objectives Make sentences more descriptive through collaborationOutcomes 8.3 experiment with language, appropriate to purpose, audience, and form, that enhances meaning and demonstrates imagination in writing and other ways of representing 9.1 create written and media texts, collaboratively and independently, in different modes and in a variety of forms 10.1 develop a range of prewriting, drafting, revising, editing, proofreading, and presentation strategies 10.2 demonstrate an understanding of many conventions of written language in final products 10.5 select, organize, and combine relevant information from two or more sources to construct and communicate meaning
Introduction to Students Explain to students that they are going to practice writing descriptive sentences. Give example to students of how to change a basic sentence into a descriptive sentence using 5 Ws as ideas. Explain to students that the goal is to take the sentence at the top of their page, and make it more descriptive.
Procedure Students will all begin with a larger and smaller handout. Have them write their original sentences on the smaller handout, so they can remember which sheet is theirs. Students will use the 5 Ws chart space provided to write words that would make the sentence more descriptive. After students write a few ideas, they will lightly crumple their papers and throw them to the front of the room. After snowballs are thrown, everyone picks one up, and adds to the descriptive words in the 5 Ws section. After we do this a few times, students will retrieve their original sheets, and create a more descriptive sentence using some of the descriptive words others added to their paper as ideas.
Conclusion Show one as an example of how descriptive words can enhance a sentence.
Assessment Collect snowball writing and assess their finished sentence.Reflection Notes
Snowball Descriptive Writing
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Who
What
Where
When
Why
Snowball Descriptive Writing
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Snowball Descriptive Writing
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Snowball Descriptive Writing
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