Learning to make fuzzy writing more focused.

Today in class we watched a funny, but boring movie clip in class from the famous Ferris Bueller's Day Off film. The students had to add some details and emotions in their rewriting of the scene to create a more focused writing piece. The students used descriptive words such as the frustration and boredom of the students during the attendance taking. Overall Great job guys and remember to focus all of your writing pieces to make a quality descriptive picture in the readers mind.

Star Strategy: Question?

The first start strategy that we are using this year is the Question strategy. This strategy helps readers by answering the question who, what, where, when & why? When students are reading they can use this strategy of answering the 5 W's to help them have a better understanding of the text. The following clip is from Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure and the students did a great job at answering the 5 W's. Who: Famous people from history, What: They were causing chaos because they were misplaced in time, Where: the mall, Why: They did not know how to interact with the people of today. When: 1990's. Great Job guys you are off to a great start!