In our Writer's Workshop, we have done an author's study, a poetry unit, and now we are currently writing personal narrative.
In
the Fall, our class studied Mem Fox in our author study. We read many
of her books: Koala Lou, Possum Magic, Time for Bed, Hattie and the
Fox, and many more. We learned about her writing style with its
rhyming words and descriptive language. We compared and contrasted her
books, learned about her native country of Australia and began to
understand that authors often write stories based on their own personal
experience.
Our Poetry unit included reading many poems as a
whole class. We chanted, sang and read aloud poems. We wrote several
poems including a Color poem, and an I Like Poem. We illustrated a
sunset poem by using watercolors.
Our Color poems were put into a book and we had an enjoyable time reading them to each other.
We
have just begun our personal narrative stories. We are writing about
personal stories from our own lives. For example: places we've been
to, fun times we've had with family or friends and things we like.
During this unit, we have learned about the stages real writers go
through when they write a story.
brainstorming, rough draft, revise, edit, conferencing, final copy and publishing a book.
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