Thursday, February 9, 2012

Writing Workshop Painting Word Pictures

In writing this week, the mini-lesson focused on Painting Word Pictures.  We talked about how writers use words to help readers visualize what is happening in the text. I told the group we would be writing a poem about winter. 


We started the lessons by pretending to be outside on the playground making images in our minds. I encouraged students to use their five senses. We shared with a partner and the large group too.

 I Knew It Was Winter

The students came to the rug, and we brainstormed
noun to go with the number word 
On different days, we went back and took a picture in our mind of what the snowballs were doing? We also added a "when," "where" or "how."


This mini-lesson came from the book Marvelous Minilessons for Teaching Beginning Writers by Lori Jamison Rog. 







 I  modified her lesson to make it work for my class. I strongly recommend her book. My primary focus was to get the students thinking about words that paint pictures. I think this would be a great lesson during Halloween time or for each month in your classroom. My students loved reading the final piece, and that is why we made it into a little book.  



You can see below, we made a Valentine one too!



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 A few days later, we took the same poem and created a Valentine version. We followed the same steps as before, except this time; we are inserting adjectives and other descriptors in different parts. You can see the times we went back and added with different colors







On Monday, I saw one Valentine Fairy with sparkling wings 

in the air shooting Cupid arrows. 







3 comments:

  1. Again, I love all your the writing your little ones do!

    Tammy
    www.foreverin1st.blogspot.com

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  2. We are always exciting to read through articles from other authors and practice something from their websites. Here you have shared lots of educational information for childrens.

    Our content is so much similar to the preschool where your kids spend time. Our Rhymes are exceptionally Rhythmic unlike others.
    Kids Nursery Rhymes

    English nursery rhyme

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