http://writingfix2.edublogs.org/2008/02/13/using-the-inventing-a-new-word-lesson/ Teachers Sharing Writing Lessons. Teachers Adapting Writing Lessons. Teachers Sharing Adaptations. Wed, 16 Jun 2010 18:42:23 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 http://writingfix2.edublogs.org/2008/02/13/using-the-inventing-a-new-word-lesson/comment-page-1/#comment-61 Diane Moore Tue, 23 Feb 2010 04:51:16 +0000 http://writingfix2.edublogs.org/2008/02/13/using-the-inventing-a-new-word-lesson/#comment-61 I used this lesson with my 5th grade students and they really had fun with it. I first showed/read them the mentor text page from the novel, then we discussed how we could write about our own rooms. To get them to write more meaningfully about the items in their rooms, I prompted them with, "mention the object in your room and describe what I would see with details. Then tell me something about the object that I could not possibly know by looking at it, such as 'I received this signed baseball when my grandfather took me to a Mariner's game a year before he passed away.'" I told them, readers want to know about the emotion and the story behind the story. They turned out some really great pieces. I will consider having them published here. I used this lesson with my 5th grade students and they really had fun with it. I first showed/read them the mentor text page from the novel, then we discussed how we could write about our own rooms. To get them to write more meaningfully about the items in their rooms, I prompted them with, “mention the object in your room and describe what I would see with details. Then tell me something about the object that I could not possibly know by looking at it, such as ‘I received this signed baseball when my grandfather took me to a Mariner’s game a year before he passed away.’” I told them, readers want to know about the emotion and the story behind the story. They turned out some really great pieces. I will consider having them published here.

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