The Writing Process

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The Writing Process

• Descriptive Writing
• Seashells

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Objective

• Today we will observe a seashell and write a
  descriptive paragraph using simile and
  alliteration.

cfu-What is our objective?
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Connection to Prior Learning

• What other topics have we described this year?
• seasons
• food
• gifts

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Review Terms

• Simile a comparison of unlike things using the
  words like or as.
• EX The dragonfly hovers like a small speckled
  helicopter.
• Her voice was as strong as the wind.
• Alliteration The repetition of initial consonant
  sounds.
• Ex The raindrops daintily dotted the tablecloth.

cfu- Think /Pair/Share a simile or example of
alliteration with your partner.
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A Gift From the Sea by Anne Morrow
Lindberg(paraphrased)
This is a snail shell,round, full and glossy as a
horse chestnut. Comfortable and compact, it sits
curled in the hollow of my hand. Milky and
opaque, it has the pinkish bloom of the sky on a
summer evening, ripening to the rain. On its
smooth symmetrical face is penciled with
precision a smooth spiral, winding inward to the
pinpoint center of the shell. Now it is as the
moon,solitary in the sky, Now it is an island set
in an ever widening circle of waves. It is alone,
self-contained, and serene.
CFU- What examples of simile and alliteration did
you hear?
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PrewritingSketch Your Shell
Pass out shells
Share results
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Organizing Observations

• Shell
• R F D( reasons, facts, details)
• pink and /purple rim
• Opening like a cave
• Sound of the sea
• Edge is scalloped
• Pointy top

• Curled in the hollow of my hand sits a small
  shell.
• MORE- example,elaborate,evidence
• like a sunrise
• swirls open
• wind and waves crashing
• candy dish
• like a drill

model
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Draft Edit Revise
1. Draft your details. 2.Read each sentence to
your partner. 3.Point to each word as you
read. 4. Underline the first letter of each
sentence and each end mark. 5. Correct spelling,
grammar, and revise awkward sentences.
model

• The side of the shell swirls open to a cave like
  entrance.
• Pink and brown, the colors are like an early
  morning sunrise.
• Placing the shell next to my ear, I hear the
  whooshing sound of the wind and sea.
• Around the edge of the rim, I feel a texture that
  is as rough as sandpaper.
• My fingers stop at the pointy top that is shaped
  like a drill.

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Concluding Sentence

• What does it do? It restates the main idea of
  your paragraph. It does not add new information.
• How do I write one?
• 1. Restate the main idea of the paragraph using
  different words.
• This small shell in my hand is a true gift
  from the sea.
• 2. Ask a question
• What could be better than a gift from the sea?
• 3. Bring the description to an end.
• Gently, I carefully return the shell to the sea.

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Publish

• Seashell
• Curled in the hollow of my hand is a
  small shell. The side of the shell swirls open to
  a cave like entrance. Pink and brown, the colors
  are like an early morning sunrise. Placing the
  shell next to my ear, I hear the whooshing sound
  of the wind and sea. Around the edge of the rim,
  I feel a texture that is as rough as sandpaper.
  My fingers stop at the pointy top that is shaped
  like a drill. Gently, I carefully return the
  shell to the sea.

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Closure - Terms

• Simile a comparison of unlike things using the
  words like or as.
• EX
• Alliteration The repetition of initial consonant
  sounds.
• Ex

cfu-students give examples
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Share

• Lets hear what you wrote!