Showing posts with label Writing. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Writing. Show all posts

Friday, July 29, 2011

Narratives

Read this page and learn to write an interesting and entertaining narrative.


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Learn the elements of a story by seeing how they are used in the famous tale of Cinderella.



Visit this site and click on the 'Narrative' link.  Read the examples and learn how to write an entertaining story.



asTTle: NARRATE
Hit 'Web Link' for some fun online activities.  Customise the level to between 2 and 3 in the blue column to the right.



What makes a good narrative.  Visit this site and figure it out!




Peek inside the toolbox for a cool collection of story writing 'recipes'.




Click on a link next to 'Explore, imagine and entertain'... and have fun!



Click the various parts, e.g., 'Belief', to highlight these elements in the text.




FIGURATIVE LANGUAGE

Read this guide to similes and brighten up your writing.




LEARN TO ELABORATE

Example one.



Example two.



Write your own telescopic text here!




SENTENCE STARTERS

Check out these fantastic sentence starters...
  1. List 1
  2. List 2
  3. List 3
  4. List 4
  5. List 5 (Advanced)



OTHER A+ WORDS

Make use of the top quality words on the two writing 'blackboards'.  Mix it up, crank out a few complex sentences and improve your writing.



The title says it all...




FINALLY, CHECK YOUR PUNCTUATION!

"Roll your mouse over the punctuation mark to find out its name and how it's used."




SPEECH MARKS

Practise adding speech marks to these sentences.

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Thursday, July 28, 2011

Persuasive Writing

USE the information on this page to write an awesome and persuasive essay or speech!


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PERSUASION (EXPOSITION)
Visit this site and click on the 'Persuasion' link.  Read the examples and learn how to write a good piece of persuasive writing.



EXAMPLES: ARGUMENT
Real work by real children!  What level is your writing at and what are YOUR next steps?



FEATURES OF ARGUMENTS
What makes a good argument?  Visit this site and find out.




Hit 'Web Link' for some fun online activities.  Customise the level to between 2 and 3 in the blue column to the right.




PERSUASIVE ESSAYS
Writing a good persuasion is as simple as baking a batch of cookies.  So warm up your ovens and get ready because we're going to start baking... ah, I mean writing.



BITEWISE: ARGUE, PERSUADE, AND ADVISE
Take the three pronged approach to this subject: revise, practise, and then test yourself.



ROAD SAFETY PERSUASION
Click the various parts, e.g., 'Belief', to highlight these elements in the text.




SENTENCE STARTERS

Check out these fantastic sentence starters...
  1. List 1
  2. List 2
  3. List 3
  4. List 4
  5. List 5 (Advanced)



OTHER A+ WORDS

Make use of the top quality words on the two writing 'blackboards'.  Mix it up, crank out a few complex sentences and improve your writing.




GIVE EXAMPLES CORRECTLY


These are both very important terms.  Do you know what they mean?  YOU SHOULD!  If you don't, you're kind of like the person on the sign... IN TROUBLE!
  1. QUANTIFY
  2. QUALIFY



FINALLY, CHECK YOUR PUNCTUATION!

"Roll your mouse over the punctuation mark to find out its name and how it's used."

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Descriptions

Visit the following sites and learn to write a detailed description.


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Visit this site and click 'Descriptions'.  Learn to 'paint a picture in words'.



What makes a good description?  Visit this site and find out.



Hit 'Web Link' for some fun online activities.  Customise the level to between 2 and 3 in the blue column to the right.




Visit the site and click 'Inform, explain and describe'.  Learn the subtle differences between these three concepts and learn how to use each correctly.




SENTENCE STARTERS

Check out these fantastic sentence starters...
  1. List 1
  2. List 2
  3. List 3
  4. List 4
  5. List 5 (Advanced)



OTHER A+ WORDS

Make use of the top quality words on the two writing 'blackboards'.  Mix it up, crank out a few complex sentences and improve your writing.




QUANTIFY AND QUALIFY

These are both very important terms.  Do you know what they mean?  YOU SHOULD!  If you don't, you're kind of like the person on the sign... IN TROUBLE!
  1. QUANTIFY
  2. QUALIFY



FINALLY, CHECK YOUR PUNCTUATION!

"Roll your mouse over the punctuation mark to find out its name and how it's used."

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Explanations

Visit the following sites and learn to write an excellent explanation.


LET'S GET STARTED


Visit this site and click 'Explanation'.  Learn to explain how something works or why something happens.



Real work by real children!  What level are you writing at and what are your next learning steps?




What makes a good explanation?  Visit this site and find out.



Hit 'Web Link' for some fun online activities.  Customise the level to between 2 and 3 in the blue column to the right.





Visit the site and click 'Inform, explain and describe'.  Learn the subtle differences between these three concepts and learn how to use each correctly.




SENTENCE STARTERS

Check out these fantastic sentence starters...
  1. List 1
  2. List 2
  3. List 3
  4. List 4
  5. List 5 (Advanced)



OTHER A+ WORDS

Make use of the top quality words on the two writing 'blackboards'.  Mix it up, crank out a few complex sentences and improve your writing.




GIVE EXAMPLES


These are both very important terms.  Do you know what they mean?  YOU SHOULD!  If you don't, you're kind of like the person on the sign... IN TROUBLE!
  1. QUANTIFY
  2. QUALIFY



FINALLY, CHECK YOUR PUNCTUATION!

"Roll your mouse over the punctuation mark to find out its name and how it's used."

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