We are learning that there are different purposes in writing. The most common that students use is to inform where students explain what they have learned and can teach this information to others. This is very useful practice but there are times when we want to be creative and have fun with our writing...just to entertain. So to celebrate the Halloween season, students are doing creative writing using a list of requirements. First, the stories must include suspense. We have modeled different ways to create suspense with word choice. Students must also use dialogue so that the reader can more easily identify with the characters. Next, students must use onomatopoeias to help bring the story to life by sound. The reader should be able to imagine themselves in the story. The students are writing narratives and are following the structures of beginning (introduction to characters and main setting), middle (introduction to the problem), and ending (solution of the problem). Students are enjoying this type of writing. I cannot wait to see all the finished products! Who knows? We may have a future best selling author among us!
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