Tuesday, November 29, 2016

WE ARE ARTISTS!

WE ARE AUTHORS!
We have been writing every day! We get started right away, stay in one spot, work on writing the whole time, and are building our writing stamina. We have been learning that good writers:
1.  Write for a purpose
2.  Write for an audience
3.  Use Authors as mentors
4.  Include detail, description, and strong feelings
5.  Reread writing to check if it makes sense
October and November writing has focused on writing personal narratives.  After reading many Toothy Tales by our favorite authors, we decided to write our own!