Main Topics
Introductions Plot Development Descriptive Writing Writing Notebook
DREAM SCENES Imagine yourself in the future. What dream do you have for yourself? How will you make it happen? We'll use Photostory 3 and Microsoft Paint to create a short movie of your dream. | Some sample Dream Scenes: |
Biopoems This activity gets students writing in a safe way, using a set form of poetry. You can see the guidelines for the poem project here. | Listen to some Biopoem Podcasts: |
Adventure Story Project
 | Listen to some excerpts from adventure stories:  |
The Monster Exchange Project This project focuses in on the use of descriptive writing to "paint a picture" in the mind of the reader. Students create a "monster" and then use descriptive writing techniques for an activity that involves all sixth graders. Download the handout for more information.  | Here are some monsters from a previous year. Related Activities:
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Other activities:
- Oral Storytelling (act out stories with keywords on note cards)
- Writing Prompts: freewriting (throughout the year) You can view SAMPLES of WRITING PROMPTS here.
- Intro into Weblog Technology
- Read Aloud Plays (cooperative group)
- Creating Writing Portfolio with goals, reflections, etc.
