Lesson:
We began with our five-minute brainwarmer writing exercise, then read aloud a few of those.
After that, I reviewed what we are looking for in our writing, especially a variety of sentence openers. With that list in mind, we read aloud and discussed the students' compositions.
Though most of the class wrote about the same topic, Davy Crockett, it was interesting to see how differently the students approached the topic.
One point that became evident as we evaluated the essays was the need to limit the scope of the topic to the size of the paper. This is an important lesson for any writer to learn: narrow the topic.
Many of the students dealt with that by highlighting one major aspect of the topic rather than attempting to cram a whole lifetime into a few sentences.
Assignment:
Students are to write another report on a different historical figure of their choosing.
They are to structure their papers to deal with their main points in a balanced way. The best way to accomplish that would be to limit their details to those they feel are most important to highlight their subject.
Students also have the option to write a longer composition than usual, though that is optional.
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