Writing

Guidelines for Writing a Journal Entry
Every student has been assigned five days of journal entries. The assignment needs to have a theme, i.e. playing video games, cooking, playing basketball, doing a hobby and so on. The student needs to do that activity every day and write about it.


 * Write the date at the beginning. You might also want to include the location.
 * Write in the first person, using the pronouns I, me, my, mine, we and our.
 * Narrate or describe the day's events or experiences.
 * Include personal thoughts, feelings, reactions, questions, and ideas.
 * Use details to describe what you saw or experienced.

In the fifth grade, students experience writing under every genre. The following video from Vanderbilt describes the importance of writing as a tool for learning and briefly covers the points of good writing instruction.

2014-2015 Ideas Bringing writing to the forefront with school wide celebrations:


 * Author's chair in the cafeteria.
 * Monthly scheduled publications and displayed
 * Book publishing with parent volunteers
 * Multi-aged groupings for writing workshops
 * PenPal writing with other schools. (Feeder schools and Ottawa Hills Honor Society are a few ideas.)
 * Building-wide writing contests.

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=Writing Links=
 * ABC's of the Writing Process, @http://www.angelfire.com/wi/writingprocess/
 * Prepositional Phrases