WRITING WORKSHOP

In connection with our Reading unit on Fantasy stories, we have just begun to write our own fantasy stories. We spent last week gathering "seeds" for our stories. We learned that the best fantasy stories are all based on reality. The students were encouraged to write about people they know well. We are also working on describing the main characters and creating a setting for our stories that is rich in detail. We have been making connections with the books we are reading and books we have read in the past.  Next week we move on to writing plots!