7 – Fluency: Showing, Not Telling 5^th (9.17)

Revise one of the following tell sentences into a show paragraph:

He was hardworking.

or

It’s my favorite thing to do.

Directions for Fluency Exercises:

Write as much as you can during the time given. The focus in on getting ideas and details down on the paper, rather than on getting the grammar and punctuation perfect. Keep writing instead of editing what you have written.
Pay attention to organization, but not so much that it limits your writing. Stream of consciousness is better than a blank page.
If you are struggling to get started, try changing the prompt a little. Change “he” to “she”; “cat” to “dog”; “worst” to “best” and see if it helps.

Remember to chart the word count in the back of your notebook!

Make sure your Literacy Notebook is Set-Up and Up-to-Date!

Today, we took the time to make sure:

The table of contents is up to date and every entry is numbered, titled, and dated.
Make sure that the entries have a heading that matches the table of contents.
Make sure that you have completed the ALL entries

Examples:

This doc shows what your Gdoc Literacy Notebook might look like.