Students embarked on their sentence stretchin' journey today!
We started by brainstorming descriptive words to describe all five senses. Some even created similes or metaphors!
(Something can smell "like rotten eggs" or look "as white as snow")
As you can see, we came up with some solid lists of words!
Following our class brainstorming, students then had the opportunity to focus their senses strictly on the sugary treat that was given to each of them. After compiling their own lists of metaphors, similes, and other descriptions for each sense, Beauport 7th graders composed their own creative sentence detailing the experience.
The simple sentence they all started off with was, "I ate candy." It was their task to STRETCH IT and spice it up in order to SHOW the reader rather than tell. Everyone did an excellent job!
“The dog ran.”
ReplyDeleteAs I woke at the break of dawn by a constant barking sound, I looked out my fogged window, to the sight of a big dog, but when it saw me it ran at the speed of light.
“I ate fast.”
As my mom called me down to dinner ten minutes before my favorite TV show was going to be on, I sat down and right when the delicious food touched the smooth table, I dug in and chomped the food down as fast as a lightning bolt.
“The weekend was fun.”
On Sunday night, I thought about all the excitement I had this weekend, wishing I could relive the fun filled time when we went to six flags yesterday and went on our first roller coaster, with butterflies filling the empty spots in our stomachs.