The Writing Traits: Sentence Fluency helping your students "go deep" with sentence variety during classroom writing instruction
WritingFix offers a free template of Sentence Fluency Post-It sized notes. These can either be printed on orange colored paper and cut out and stapled to students' drafts, or you can--if you dare--attempt to print them on real 3 x 3 Post-It Notes.
The two most common English words that start our sentences? I and The. If you currently have a classroom of students, you know this to be true.
It's such a simple lesson to ask students to revisit their drafts by circling the first words of their sentences, then asking, "Did you think about starting with a variety of words?" Most of them haven't thought about this, and the question becomes the catalyst for a new way to think about revising writing.
Here is our current collection of prompts and lessons to challenge students to begin their sentences differently.
September 12, 2009
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Guided Imagery and writing
From the soul food cafe blog: Guided Imagery in Writing:
The creative benefits of guided imagery and creative visualization have been well documented. I do not intend to do more than facilitate the process and help you access the vast, vale of solitude and light that Zora Cross describes. Enjoy the collection of quirky guided imageries that are based on Greek Mythology and great works of literature.
Read more at: http://www.dailywriting.net/guided-imagery.htm
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