Writing Steps
What your story is about is the...?
hint: starts with a "t"
Topic
In Frog and Toad: Cookies, what was the PROBLEM or conflict?
Frog and Toad couldn't stop eating cookies
Choose the best meaning of the word brainstorming:
A. thinking of ideas and writing them down
B. putting your head out in a rainstorm
C. copying sentences from a book
A. thinking of ideas and writing them down
What worksheet did we use to organize the 5 W's of our stories?
Star Story Organizer.
What is one of Mrs. Casey's favorite props to use in class?
A. toilet paper B. notecards C. spaghetti noodles
B. notecards
Which idea does NOT fit a topic of "weather?"
A. Clouds B. Hurricanes C. football teams
C. football teams
What is the setting of the story Pirates Don't Change Diapers?
Jeremy Jacob's house
"Bob frowned, stomped and crossed his arms."
This is an example of how to write about:
a. dinner plans
b. setting
c. feelings
c. feelings
(we are telling the reader how Bob feels by describing his actions)
What activity did we do to demonstrate settings of country and city?
painted the settings
Which of these words is not a sequence word?
A. Quietly B. Next C. Finally
A. Quietly
Who the story is about are the...?
Characters
In Frog and Toad: A List, what was the conclusion?
A. Frog gave cookies to the birds
B. Frog and Toad went to sleep outside
C. Toad made a new list
B. Frog and Toad went to sleep outside
Which choice does NOT describe a setting:
a. In the spring of 1845, the Smith family moved west.
b. Homer had red spikey hair and freckles.
c. The sun burst forth over the waters of the great Atlantic Ocean.
b. Homer had red spikey hair and freckles
(not a setting, but a character instead)
Who did we learn about on the Venn diagram worksheet the week of Valentine's day?
St. Valentine
What are words that mean the same thing called?
hint: starts with an "s"
synonyms
Which of the following words means the same as "sequence"?
a. conclusion c. order
b. topic d. copyright
c. order
In the story Pirates Don't Change Diapers, Jeremy Jacob has to babysit his little sister while his mom is out. Which represents the problem or conflict?
A. pirates need Jeremy Jacob's help to dig up a treasure while he's babysitting
B. Jeremy Jacob's dad wakes up
C. Jeremy Jacob's mom can't find any milk
A. Pirates need Jeremy Jacob's help to dig up a treasure while he's babysitting
When you introduce a ___________, you should describe what he/she looks like as well as what he/she likes and doesn't like.
character
When we did the mandarin orange activity, what writing step were we studying?
problem (or conflict)
Curious, doubtful, worried
These words describe how a character is ......?
feeling
_____ _____ help the reader figure out when something happened in a story.
Example: first, next, last
sequence words
In the book Molly the Brave and Me, where do Molly and Beth get lost?
corn field
The ___________ tells us how the story ends and if the problem got solved.
conclusion
What 2 fairy tales did we study last week when we practiced story order and conclusions?
1. Princess and the Pea
2. Stone Soup
What are the 5 Ws?
Who, What, Where, When, Why