Thursday, March 29th





Powerful verbs 
I LOVE this handout I found in the internet. You may want it!
Practice Revising Sentences

How to Describe a Person

Pick a person-real or imagined. Use descriptive writing to portray your person in action.  You may want to select a loved one.  These can make nice holiday gifts.

Here is a link to ideas

More ideas and examples are here
Writing Groups will meet

 Revise your piece
Publish to Kidblog. I would also like you to publish your scene.  
Comment on student work

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