Today we spent a large part of our morning drafting our narrative essays! We looked at some sample sentences of narratives and saw how they could be improved. We discussed the ways in which authors make their writing clear and interesting, and I encouraged students to include strong action words, sensory details, and dialogue in their drafts. Students worked hard to get their drafts completed, and most were successful. A few students didn't have quite enough time to finish, so they will need to complete their drafts over the weekend. Next week we'll be working on the revision process!
Our reading of books and writing in our RR journals continued, and many students wrote to fellow classmates today. It's encouraging to see journals being passed around the room as students share thoughts and ideas with one another.
We practiced using it's and its and had a short quiz.
And we wrapped up our day with reading James Herriot's "Only One Woof". This short story of Mr. Herriot's experience with a dog and its owner is an event that actually happened to the author, and it gave us a chance to see narrative writing in action. We also got a chance to learn some new vocabulary!
Have a wonderful weekend!
Students need to bring books to class next week (as always), need to have a RR journal entry completed (many done in class), and need to have their narrative drafts completed for Monday.
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