This term we have had a narrative focus on our writing. Instead of starting every story with 'Once upon a time...' (although some great stories start this way!) we have been encouraging students to dive into the ACTION. This helps with our focus on show not tell, our stories allowing the reader to fully engage and feel as if they are a part of the story.
Please enjoy some stand out pieces of writing from this week. Our prompt was diving into the action of being on a pirate ship - ready to tackle an enemy ship, run by a heard of dinosaurs of course! While I'd like to credit your teaching team for coming up with this prompt, it is book called Captain Flinn and the Pirate Dinosaurs. Highly recommend!
Helena:
"Walk the plank!" said Captain Lady Bug as the pirate dinosaur tramped closer and closer on the ship. "The pirate dinosaurs are going to attack!" screeched Chief Cicada. Meanwhile... the pirate dinosaur chef was baking a victory cake for their success. "You are going to pay for this!" Said everyone at once, when suddenly assistant caterpillar leapt onto the other ship. They had a fight. Boom! Kapaw! Thwang!
Kyle M:
All the dinosaurs jumped into the freezing water, except for the monstrous T-Rex! Flint was fighting the T-rex until the T-Rex could do no more and that took a very long time. The T-Rex said "Flinn, you're a good pirate, you can be our captain." Flint said "maybe one day but I must go back to school it's almost lunch time."
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