Featured Author: Javier (click here)

Javier wrote a very exciting story about facing his fear of riding a bull.  Javier did a great job breaking his narrative into paragraphs.  Since publishing this story, he has learned to identify his different paragraphs with line indentions instead of a skipped line.  This allows him to use all 26 lines for his exciting events!  I have included an example of what a paragraph indention should look like below.

Be sure to read below his published story to see how Javier planned his story.  He used a wonderful revising technique to add some very important details.  You will also see an artist at work. Javier drew a scene from this story to share with you!

Javier did a wonderful revising technique where he added some very exciting and important details to his draft before publishing.  Check out how he used the numbering system, and then on another page added supporting information and details.



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Featured Author: Alissa (click here)

My second featured author today is Alissa.  She wrote a very encouraging story about solving a problem.  Alissa is a huge fan of soccer and can always tell you an interesting story about her favorite sport.  Read below and see if you can identify the important message she wants us to take away as we read her paper.

Alissa is working to organize her stories into paragraphs and use indentions to begin her new paragraphs.  ( For more information on indentions, please see Javier's story )

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Featured Author: Sandra (click here)

Sandra was asked to write about a time she was in a new place or situation and explain how she reacted.  She worked hard and wrote a great story about the first day at a new school.  The heart of her story is something many us can make a connection to.  Sandra and I discussed dividing her future writing into paragraphs to provide clarity to the reader.  I included her pre-writing because Sandra has a very unique way of using a word web.



Below, Sandra planed her story using a double topic T-chart.  She determined her topic, problem, and heart before she drafted her story.

Sandra is a wonderful artist!  It is no surprise to me that her pre-writing is done in such a creative way.  The middle of the flower is her central idea, and each petal contains ideas that she wants to include in her story.

Please comment below and leave Sandra positive feedback on her writing.

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Featured Author: Lily (click here)

My first featured author is Lily.  She composed a story about a time she was in a new place or situation.

Please comment below and let her know what you think about her story!

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