Some Reading Strategies We'll Employ
- writing cohesive sentences (punctuation, capitalization, and mechanics)
- writing complete sentence responses
- combining shorter sentences in order to eliminate redundancy and increase interest
- creating sentence variety through varied length and word order
- using quotation marks to create dialogue
- writing poetry according to frames (modifying the skeletal frame of another poem)
- writing paragraphs containing a topic sentence, supporting details, and a proper closing
- using transition words and phrases
- writing for a purpose (lists, friendly letters, business letters, etc.)
- writing for an audience (expository, narrative, persuasive, descriptive)
- writing according to a given genre (original tall tales, fables, biographies, etc.)
- responding to literature through a personal response
- responding to a writing prompt
- creating original poetry
- creating pieces of work which are focused, organized, and elaborated
- refining narrative writing skills
- developing expository writing skills
- revising and editing pieces of writing
- writing steps-by-step by following an established process
