Monday, February 5th Late Start



Today we will be opening up the Google Doc shared with us on Thursday. I will show you how to use the "suggesting" mode to make comments on other people's work.  You will:

 1) Highlight your favorite sentence and explain WHY it is your favorite sentence.

 2)  Highlight best example of sight in aqua.

 Highlight best example of touch in pink

 Highlight best example of sound in yellow

 Highlight best example of taste in green

 Highlight  best example of smell
in orange

 The writer may not have all of the five senses.  That's okay!  

 Then, ask the writer TWO questions.  These should be questions that if answered, would make the writing better and more descriptive.  

 Example:
Can you think of a simile to describe what it felt like?
Can you think of a more powerful verb than ate to describe how you ate it?



 We will then write a "showing writing" piece. Mrs. K will give you some ideas. 

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