We've always talked about the neat words and techniques an author uses, but today we started to write some down. How Ezra Jack Keats uses "crunch, crunch, crunch" as the sound of walking on snow. How Kevin Henkes uses "grew and grew and grew" to emphasize growing. How another uses 3 -ing words in a row...like diving, blowing, singing whales (that's a class original).
We also started to talk about watermelons and seeds, in terms of writing. The watermelon is the big idea, like 'having no power.' The seeds would be things like melting water on the woodstove to make breakfast, assembling all the puzzles in the house and making snow cookies outside. We've just started the thinking today! Our class caught right on, and filled a couple pages in their little booklets of ideas.
I'm beginning to think of scheduling conferences. I'm looking at the week of March 23rd. Hope to get you a sign up sheet tomorrow. (and a book order)
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