Almost every day at Share, at least 3 or 4 writers tell us the “Show not Tell” they put in their writing. Many are taking it to a deeper/more complex level. Instead of saying “fast as a cheetah” or “as sad as a crying baby”, today’s offerings were: WriterC: as sad as a turtle that [...]
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Had our first “opposite” simile today. WriterR shared, “I did ‘Show not Tell’. I wrote: I was not patient like a quiet rabbit.” The rest responded with smiles and “Oooohs.”
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I don’t know what I’d do without WriterA. It is almost like being a comedian and having a ‘plant’ in the audience if you need one. She comes up with the most insightful connections. Often ones that I’ve not yet made. Today’s offering: “We could put character traits (we’ve been exploring these in Reading Workshop) [...]
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Most of students still very “aware” of the reader although we haven’t had specific lesson on it since early December. At share today, Writer A commented, “I used ‘Show not Tell’ today. I wrote–My grandma squeezed me like she was making juice.” The class burst out laughing, and she beamed because her audience ‘got it’. [...]
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I walked by WriterL today during Independent Writing and saw this: When I asked her about the ‘x’ over the period, she said, “ ‘to see the animals’ can’t be by itself.” So great that this occurred while she was writing and not later as a revision.
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As a follow-up to yesterday’s discussion about how a sentence has to be a part of the story that can be by itself, I started off today’s focus lesson taking a sentence from yesterday’s story, representing it with a med. block, and then putting the block somewhere else in the room. Then I’d ask, “Can [...]
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WriterL is another that has truly absorbed perspective and systems. Today at share, she said, “My little sister doesn’t know about periods, so I used those (pointed at my messy shelves) to help her know 1 part.” I looked at the shelf and couldn’t tell what she had used to help, so I asked. She [...]
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WriterA is a dream. She makes the most amazing connections. Today’s offering: Reading and Writing are connected. In Reading, we are wondering about things that are happening in the story. In Writing, we have to write so the Reader doesn’t wonder or get confused.
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WriterI called me over today during Independent Writing to say, “I made a mistake. I put a period after ‘I said.’ but then I went back and crossed it out because the Reader wouldn’t know what I said.” She also proudly told her classmates at share.
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