Transcript Beach 13 - JJ Daniell Middle School

Going to the
Beach!
Guided Writing Activity:
A Five Step
Paragraph
Sentence #1
• Topic sentence
• Introduction about the beach
• Examples:
– No place is as _______ as
the beach.
– I always enjoy_______ at
the beach.
• Make sure you indent!
Brainstorm!
• Fold paper #2 vertically into
three columns.
• Label each column:
Adjectives, Nouns, Verbs.
• Create a list of words about
waves for each column.
• Examples:
– Adjectives—blue, icy, salty
– Nouns—piers, rocks, foam
– Verbs—crash, curl, roar
Sentence #2
• Return to paper #1 and write a
sentence about waves.
• Begin this sentence with a
participle or gerund (a verb + ing
word) and include adjectives.
• Example:
– Crashing, the icy waves roared
onto the sand and tickled my
feet.
• Make sure your sentence does not
contain BE verbs!
AVOID “BE” VERBS
Try not to use the forms of be
unless absolutely necessary:
am, is, are, was, were,
be, being, been
– Crashing, the icy waves
roared onto the sand and
tickled my feet.
– Crashing, the icy waves
were roaring onto the sand
and tickling my feet.
Brainstorm!
• Return to paper #2 and
create three columns of
words about children at the
beach.
• Adjectives: What do they look
like, smell like, etc?
• Nouns: What do they have
with them?
• Verbs: What are they doing?
Sentence #3
• Return to paper #1. Write a
sentence about the children at
the beach.
• Begin this sentence with a
prepositional phrase.
• Examples:
– Along the warm, sandy shore,
sunburned children happily built
sandcastles.
– Near the foamy, white waters…
• Make sure this sentence does
not contain BE verbs!
Brainstorm!
• Return to paper #2 and create
three columns of words about
lifeguards at the beach! (School
appropriate, of course)
• Examples:
– What do they look like, smell
like, etc. (Adjectives)
– What do they have with them?
(Nouns)
– What are they doing? (Verbs)
Sentence #4
• Return to paper #1 and write a
sentence about lifeguards.
• Begin this sentence with two
adjectives joined by a conjunction.
• Examples:
– Strong and brave, the watchful
lifeguards rescued a struggling
swimmer.
– Tired yet watchful, the bronzed
lifeguard scanned the beach for signs
of trouble.
• Make sure this sentence does not
contain BE verbs!
Sentence #5
• Closing/clincher sentence
• Wrap it up! On paper #1, write
a closing sentence that
includes the future or a
summary.
• Examples:
– I hope I can visit Miami
Beach again next summer!
– Perhaps on my next
birthday, I can go to the
beach again.