What's Going on in Writing?

Writing students have been hard at work reviewing the basics of sentence diagramming.  They have covered compound subjects and compound verbs, and are now learning about descriptive words - adjectives and adverbs.  They've spent two days this week practicing adjectives and will move to adverbs next week.

With the first major writing assignment complete, we're taking the chance to work on some specific writing skills before we launch our next major project.  These "fun" assignments help students learn valuable writing skills such as writing for a specific audience or including strong descriptive words in their writing.  Be sure to ask your student what life is like as their shoe! Next week, we will begin a new writing assignment that incorporates research into a creative writing project.