Posts tagged #writing prompts

Visual Illustrations

Visual illustrations can be used for many writing genres. We recounted the story of the Great Ball Game weeks ago and one of the main characters was a bat. Instantly, we decided to focus on bats and mammals for science. We researched bats and wrote poetry and compared and contrasted them with other mammals... Then we discussed the importance of recounting the story, but beginning with a visual for inspiration. We sketched our pictures and then cut them into 3 parts. What a great way to show the parts of a story with a visual illustration. Check out www.visualccl.com for more ideas like this one to inspire your student's writing. They will love it!

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Posted on February 3, 2014 by Kim Waltmire and tagged visual illustrations illustrations recounting stories retelling sequence of events sequential order marratives folktales fairytales visual writing visualizing Visual reading writing sentences writing strategies writing prompts.

Writing Posters

I always start the year with sentence starters, phrases and vocabulary for kids to be inspired. I want my students to be able to refer to various writing posters to prompt their choice of vocabulary when writing all genres. Therefore, I arranged my writing posters to be cut and glued to colored paper so you can hang and refer your students to the “color” and poster title easier.

I keep the color-coded Transitional, Sentence Starter, Sound Shots, Words for “Said”, and Extended Ending posters up all year long and the kids love it.

 I will add other posters as needed or refer my experienced writers to the Narrative and Descriptive Bookmarks for a smaller/ hands-on copy. You need to try it. I promise you it will work.

                                   All can be found at www.visualccl.com   ( Writing Posters

Posted on September 29, 2013 by Kim Waltmire and tagged descriptive writing detailed writing descriptions display transitional phrases sentence starters sentence elaboration sequential order sequence of events scenery science stem stories speaking see senses Sound shote sound shots words for said vocabulary visualizing visual learning visuals Visual learning Visual reading visual arts visual literacy visual representation verbs visual writing Visual literacy activities adjectives asking questions reading literacy writing writing sentences writing process writing activities Writing activities writing strategies writing creative writing word lists pre-writing story writing bookmarks posters photographs interactive illustrations informative writing informational writing silhouettes discussion listing questions highlighting questions visual reading discussion starters topical writing teaching strategies primary grades poetry expository writing supportive thoughts narrative writing factual writing creative writing creative writing for CCSS paragraph writing comparison writing common core writing rading elaborative writing special educaion writing and speaking command of conventions for spelling and writing colorful posters master artists writing prompts complete sentences second grade authors purpose elaborated sentences themes transitional lesson plans learning lessons landscapes lesson activities learning styles Language arts lesson plan projects ELL ELA climax places plot elementary elaboration classroom strategies.