This week at Sentence Center,
all students engaged with published works from literature models. Learning about cliffhangers, the importance of describing the setting, and how compound adjectives can allow us to be even more creative with our language.
Weekly Writing Tip:
Challenge your writers to use dialogue or quotes in their essays. Including speech helps move writing away from summary and encourages digging deeper into the details of the moment being described.
Happy Writing,
Ms. Margaret
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Some highlights from recent student writing:
So, with the rain pitter pattering on her umbrella, she walked down the road, until she came across a large house. The windows were so scratched up, you could see the tattered navy curtains inside. Cobwebs surrounded the corners, There were seventeen steps at the base of the house, made of jagged, black stone. The thirteenth one had so many cracks, it looked like it was about to fall off. It was like a haunted house you would see around Halloween - minus the creatures, clowns, and October.
Kiara, “The Strange House,” 7th grade
Amber wandered aimlessly through the crowd, looking for some opening to get to the door. Statues of angels and gargoyles lined the entrance of the grand fortress and they were all engraved with a stone either crystal clear or a crimson red. Finally, Amber saw an opening to a quickly crowding entrance. She took the seemingly only chance to slip through the crowd into a lobby, which was more intricately decorated than the outside. Eight banners, all with their own crest- truthfully some fancier than others- lined the walls, purple decorations, and carpets decorated the floor, and a big star-shaped chandelier hung gracefully from the high ceiling.
Ellie, “Magic High” 7th grade
“Why am I blue?!” was my first reaction when I discovered my true looks. This arctic fox staring at me on the other side of the mirror didn’t look like anybody in my family. Her fur was a solid shade of ocean blue, and her gray eyes glistened under the moonlight. It was as if she was one with the night sky, blending in perfectly with the darkness.
Luoyan, “The Blue Artic Fox” 6th grade