Our latest writer's workshop piece was modeled off of Leo Lionni's A Busy year. (Thanks to Mrs. Grdic for sharing the book.) Each student chose something from their lives that changes through the seasons, just like the tree in Lionni's story. In the end, each student had 4 illustrated pages of their object shown at 4 different times of the year. Much like this:
This assignment was originally intended to introduce the writing trait ORGANIZATION. Each student chose a different season to be their page ONE and then proceeded through the year from there. However, once we began writing our great IDEAS, students found their VOICE and improved their CONVENTIONS throughout the process.
They will be shared with the class on Friday morning using our secret weapon, Cammy. (Yeah, our document camera has a name.)
They will be shared with the class on Friday morning using our secret weapon, Cammy. (Yeah, our document camera has a name.)
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