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Overall Goal :  To extend students' ability to communicate by supporting them to add detail to their ideas and choose specific and memorable vocabulary.

** Strategies: ** We will use the above strategies to reflect on our own and others writing, to adapt our writing and to write new pieces.
 * Show not tell – adding descriptive detail to your writing
 * Tools to support show not tell: picture in your mind, 5 senses,
 * Tools to help describe: verbs ,adjectives, similes, metaphors, personification

 Resources/Strategies: [|**http://www.brainpop.com/english/writing/shownottell/**] [|**http://www.reviewfuse.com/resources/lesson/5/**] http://www.writedesignonline.com/assignments/shownottell.html http://www.clairerudolfmurphy.com/Show_Not_Tell.html [|**http://www.uoflife.com/wc/creative/concrete.htm**] http://writingforchildren.suite101.com/article.cfm/learn_how_to_show_dont_tell
 * Possible Learning Experiences: **
 * Conduct read alouds from your favorite books- good and bad examples
 *  Share your own work
 *  Show models of good work
 *  Walt? Why this is important to learn? How can we apply it?

Review of a book about this topic: []

five card flickr: http://web.nmc.org/5cardstory/play.php

one word: []

free rice

lemons for literacy [] [] myst, gogole earth

http://cogdogroo.wikispaces.com/StoryTools

**Approach for Identifying Further Areas of Focus:**
 * Sharing-** bring a piece of writing, listen to kids share, listen for specific things to work on . If sth comes up ask the kids if they want a mini-lesson on it.
 * Mini –Lesson:**
 * Status:**
 * Writing Time: **

Workshop 1: Getting to know each other/setting goals Workshop 2: Show Not Tell