This creative writing lesson plan helps kids develop skills they can use for a lifetime.
This book was written by Alexandra Bigelow and Elsie S. Wilmerding and is recommended for the 1st grade. In Book 1, students are first encouraged to “just write” without worrying about spelling and punctuation. Later chapters discuss capital letters, basic punctuation, spelling, indenting, and constructing paragraphs. Other chapters encourage the use of colorful descriptions, creative word choices, and comparisons. In the last chapter, students revise and edit their work in preparation for publishing a final draft. Tips for making stories into books are also provided. A wide variety of exercises and engaging illustrations keep students focused and interested.
Skills Addressed
- Brainstorming
- Categorizing
- Topic
- Sequence
- Story planning with webs and other graphic organizers
- Characters
- Feelings
- Setting
- Conclusions
- Basic punctuation
- Indenting
- Topic sentences
- Overused words
- Comparisions
- Titles
- Editing and revising
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. Guides for books 1-3 also include answer keys.
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.
Just Write Books 1, and 2 feature
- Fundamentals of story writing: characters, setting, problem, conclusion
- All stages of the writing process from planning to publishing
- Proofreading, content, and editing checklists
- Exercises on punctuation, spelling, paragraphs, word choice, description, point of view, and dialogue
Just Write's activities for kids offer resources to help anyone teaching the creative writing process. Just Write lesson plans are ideal as home school curriculums showing how to teach writing skills such as essay writing, report writing and poetry writing. |
