What is the Heart of the Story?
You have all just published pieces of writing on which you worked long and hard. Please share what worked for you in your story and the steps you took to turn the entry in your Writer’s Notebook into a published piece. What is the heart of your story? What is the message, or the big idea you want your reader to understand? What did you do in your writing to pull in the readers and let them experience the same thing that meant so much to you?
Writer's Workshop | Comments (13)Great Writing! How can we do it?
What do you do to make your writing even better? How do you get ideas that you really want to write about? How do you start a piece of writing? What do you do to grab the readers and make them want to read more? Tell us some of your great writing techniques so that we can use them to make our writing even better.
Writer's Workshop | Comments (14)How on Earth Can We Understand Nonfiction Texts?
Speaking of strategies, do you use different reading strategies when you read nonfiction texts than when you read fiction texts? Tell us about it. Explain what you do when you read that helps you to understand!
Reading Strategies | Comments (11)What in the World are Reading Strategies?
All of your teachers are talking about reading strategies and how using them helps us to comprehend, or understand what we read. What are some reading strategies that you know? Which ones do you use to help you to understand what you read? Write the ones you know you use and tell us when you use them. I bet we all use some of the same strategies to help us to comprehend!
Reading Strategies | Comments (10)Hobbies
Hi everybody! I’m wondering what you all like to do in your free time. Please write your blog filled with details about your hobbies.
Wonderings | Comments (9)