This creative writing lesson plan helps kids develop skills they can use for a lifetime.
Click here to see sample pages. The drawing activities in Write about Me by Elsie Wilmerding help children bridge the gap between thinking and talking about an idea and writing about it. Children build their writing skills as they develop ideas that have personal meaning to them. The book features large spaces for drawing, student-centric illustrations, thematic word banks, and steps that lead young writers to add details to their writing and make content area connections.
Features
- Focuses on the student and his or her immediate surroundings and interests (family, favorites, neighborhood, school)
- Encourages the use of pictures to spark ideas for writing
- Encourages students to expand upon their pictures through writing
- Promotes use of detail and description in writing through word banks
- Leads up to writing stories with the basic Beginning-Middle-End format
- Coordinates with common introductory science unit about the senses
- Coordinates with common introductory social studies unit "All about Me"
Write about Me and Write about My World feature
- Child-centered drawing and writing activities
- Thematic word banks for more detailed writing
- Emphasis on observation and description
- Real-world writing applications
- Connections to early content area topics
- Basic editing and grammar skills
The Just Write series is designed to help all students become confident, expressive writers. Exercises and activities encourage creativity and provide great ideas to help children express themselves. All Teacher's Guides include extension activities.
The skills addressed in the Just Write series are basic punctuation, spelling, indenting, overused words, comparisons, point of view, writing dialogue, topic sentences, journal writing, editing and revising, characters, feelings, setting, conclusions, brainstorming, using your senses, story planning with webs and other graphic organizers, and description. |
