Lesson:
This was a fun class. It was time to move into expository (informative) writing, beginning with process papers, also known as "how-to" writing. To illustrate, I asked the students to pretend that I was an alien whose ship landed in the back yard, and that I had wandered in for lunch. They were to tell me step by step how to make a peanut butter and jelly sandwich, and I would do exactly what they told me to do. Their directions led to some entertaining actions before they realized how to present step-by-step instructions for an edible sandwich.
After that, we reviewed different sentence openers that will add variety to their writing. Then we read aloud their second personal descriptions, which were nicely done..
Assignment:
Class will not meet during Thanksgiving Week, but will resume December 5.
Students are to write a process paragraph explaining how to perform a task of their choosing. These paragraphs are to employ a variety of sentence openers to describe the steps to completing a process. Some example topics might include:
how to bathe a dog
how to clean a bedroom
how to choose a gift
how to be a good friend
how to make bead jewelry
how to make a grilled cheese sandwich
how to do a skateboard trick
etc.
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