The Learning Pad

Building Writing Habits

Lessons for beginning writers

Lesson
2-1
Lesson: Writers put spaces between words (Spaghetti and meatballs)

==> Writers put spaces between their letters and their words.

==> Show a piece of writing from a previous year where there are no space or write a piece on the board without any spaces.

==> Wow, it's hard to read words when there aren't any spaces.

==> When I write I think about yummy spaghetti and meatballs. Writers put small spaces between words, like spaghetti spaces. Writers put bigger spaces between words, like meatball spaces.

Lesson
2-2
Lesson: Writers write from left to right

Lesson
2-3
Lesson: Giving compliments in Author's Share

 

Lesson 2-4

Lesson: Writers write about what's near and dear to their heart

Lesson
2-5
Lesson: Writers write about something that's important to them

Lesson
2-6
Lesson: Writers write about things in the world

Lesson 2-7
Lesson: Writers write about their lives

Interview with Tomie DePaola

Lesson 2-8
Lesson: Making Lists

Lesson 2-9
Lesson: Writers can label

Lesson 2-10
Lesson: Writers stretch out words/ Use a magic line

Lesson 2-11

Lesson: Writer's Stretch out words and listen for the ending sound

Lesson 2-12

Lesson: Writers use a capital letter to start each sentence.

Lesson 2-13

Lesson: Writers end a sentence with a punctuation mark.

Lesson 2-14

Lesson: Hitting the target

==> When an archer shoots an arrow he doesn't just pull back and shoot. He has a target. The little circle in the middle is of a target is called a bullseye.

==> In this story Robin Hood is an excellent archer. He hits the middle of the target, the bullseye.

==> Why does an archer need a target?

==> Writers need a target too. A writing target is like a goal; it's what we are shooting at as we become a better writer.

==> My target one day might be to work hard to stretch out my words or maybe I might decide that I need to work on using lowercase letters.

==> When I am finished writing I can go back and see how I did. I can see if I hit the target. If I don't have a target I don't know what I am working on.

Lesson 2-15

Lesson: Writers use resources to help them write

Lesson 2-16

Lesson: Writers paint a picture in the reader's mind

     

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