Writing Workshop this morning was off to a great start! We read a few of my absolute favorite mentor texts, talked about storytelling and writing generas, explored fun conventions such as the ellipsis (...) text size/location and color, and explored different illustration options.
Our focus for writing workshop is on fiction writing and telling stories. We talked about he main elements in a piece of fiction (characters, setting, problem, solution) and dissected the mentor texts as we read them aloud. We listened to The Goldfish by the Laurie Berkner Band and talked about how it is also a story, just in song form. The giggles were quite intense at this point in our discussion which led quite easily into what kind of stories we like to listen to and read - stories that make us feel an emotion, like happiness! We also played a fun game from "Tell Me a Story" where we rolled story cubes and had to fill in the blanks for a few story starters. There was so much imagination flying around the room and everyone developed fantastic ideas for their own fiction writing.
Students then got to work putting their ideas down on paper in their sloppy copy or rough draft. We worked out the kinks together and practiced some of our illustrations. Due to time constraints we aren't making a complete rough draft before starting our hardback books tomorrow, just getting our ideas down on paper and playing around with different elements so there is less correcting in our nice versions. The kids were SO excited about writing that they asked to take home their sloppy copy to work on it before tomorrow morning, and the kids who stayed during the lunch hour continued working on it then as well!
Are you interested in joining us for a one day only summer version of this camp? We'd love to have you!
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