Week Four 5 Sense Adjectives in Stories

POPCORN AND HOT CHOCOLATE FOR EVERYONE!  IT WAS A SENSORY EXPLOSION!
In weeks 1-3 we learned to use quality adjectives, strong verbs, and -ly words in our writing.  This week our focus was to use these dress-ups to help your reader see, hear, feel, smell, and taste what the characters in their stories are experiencing.  This makes their stories more fun and exciting to read. 

At home complete the KWO on paragraph I and complete the brainstorming before writing the rough draft.  After that, you can follow the guide as written.  On the strong verbs section of the brainstorming, you may choose verbs from the source text that need to be strengthened and then add an -ly word to that verb choice. 

FIVE SENSES SEARCH:  On page 25 of the lesson packet, there is a short exercise I recommend that you do with your child at home to help them effectively use five sense adjectives and verbs in their writing.  Look at the sample story on page 31.  Have them "search" for some of the quality adjectives, strong verbs, and -ly words that describe what something looks like, sounds like, feels like, smells like, or tastes like?  There is an opportunity to "search" for the sensory words in each paragraph.  Have fun with this exercise!  This will allow them to see sensory adjectives and verbs in action.

Remember this is a two week assignment so your child will not be turning in a final draft next week:) 

If your child has mastered the KWO structure, you can use the sheets provided in the lesson packet to KWO this week instead of KWOing in their composition books.  Just be sure to cover up the original source text when they are orally retelling the story from their KWO and when they are writing their rough drafts.

Over the two weeks, you have the choice to complete one, two or three paragraphs.  Choose whatever best fits your homeschool.  Use the "Final Checklist" as your guide while writing.  For daily instruction, use the guide I provided in class yesterday.

FOCUS FOR THE WEEK:
Structure - Unit I/II Notemaking (KWO) and writing a summary from KWO
Style (NEW)  Using Five-Senses adjectives in Stories
         (REVIEW)  Dress-ups : v, adj, -ly, voc 
                              Decoration : alliteration
                              Sentence Openers:  #3 ( -ly) sentence starter and #6 (very short sentence)
IEW Vocabulary Quiz #1 can be given at the end of the week.

Have an enjoyable week of writing!  This story should be a fun one!

Blessings,
Tina