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Saturday, January 8, 2011

Writing HW grade 4

Homework grade 4 Jan 10 - 14 (we will not have any reading HW this week)




Monday and Tuesday:

Share and discuss your writing folder with a parent

Rewrite your rough draft (yellow paper) on Snow Day onto white paper

Fix spelling and capitalization mistakes

Add more details/ skills (use purple paper)

Add your small moment about sledding that you wrote on another piece of yellow paper (this should go in at about paragraph 3)

Add your small moment about a snowball fight to your final copy (around paragraph 5 or 6)

Make sure you skip a line and indent every paragraph

Final copy should be 2 pgs. minimum (you can write on the back)

Reread the FINAL copy to a parent

Pass in the folder and the white paper to Mrs. Kennedy on WED.



Wednesday:

Practice writing small moments

Write a paragraph (small moment) about meeting your new puppy for the first time

Make sure you have:

Vivid verbs

Adjective noun combinations

A show don’t tell (your feelings)

Read the paragraph to an adult



Thursday:

Practice writing small moments

Write a paragraph about being on an amusement park ride ( a roller coaster would be an example)

Make sure you have:

Vivid verbs

Adjective noun combinations

3. A show don’t tell (your feelings)

Read the paragraph to an adult