THE WRITING WORKSHOP

We just finished our unit on Informational Essays. The Grade 5 writers chose to write on the topics of "Obesity," "Anorexia" and "Food Allergies." The final essays were due on Monday. They will be presented next week.

This week we also began a new writing unit on Opinion Essays. We have been discussing several topics such as "Should kids be allowed to get tattoos and piercings?" , "Should students be allowed to have cell phones in class?" and  " Should students get paid for getting good grades ?"

I am looking forward to these class discussions and to reading their ideas.