Vivid Sentences
Expanding Ideas by Asking Questions (Virtual Tour)
Stage of Literacy Development:
Stage 2: Consolidation / FluencyStage 3: Literacy for Growth
Ages:
7-10
Grade Range:
2nd 3rd 4thFood Groups:
Primary:
Writing Processes & Strategies
Transcript
Vivid Sentences is a way to get our boys and girls to expand their knowledge of language. I will give them a simple sentence, and they are to expand it using who, what, when, where, how, and why. For example, "the mother jumped the burglar", we dont know what type of mother it is, and this child said its a fifty year old grandmother. The burglar, hes big and hes buff. It tells when she jumped him. She could go on and include why and how this grandmother jumped this particular burglar.
Activity Objective
The goal of Vivid Sentences: Expanding Ideas by Asking Questions (Virtual Tour) is to help students develop their ideas and choose words to best convey their message.
Quick Tips
Additional Comments:
- Encouraging students to think about the "5 W's" and "How" while writing sentences will help them organize their ideas. The "5 W's" include where, what, who, when and why.
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