Transcript MY STREET
• • • • • • • Write a long paragraph about your street (imaginary) What colors are the houses : the windows, blinds or curtains, roofs, cars parked in the driveways, flowers, trees What sort of noises are heard? Must have: a lot of good adjectives (Will increase the size of the paragraph) A good flow of ideas that connect with each sentence Adjective: word that describes a noun Pick six neighbors (imaginary) Make up weird names that will fit their personalities Are they: crazy, noisy, bad, kind, criminal, old, young, punks, gothic, , cranky, smart, holy, quiet, music loving, loud, or any others you can think of? Write a paragraph for each one. Each one must have a name and a history to explain how they fit into the neighborhood. Must have vivid descriptions, using adjectives that present a picture to your reader Students will do a dictionary search to find better adjectives to fit their My Street story. Below are a sample selection of words. Robust Prudent Fervor Exasperated Lethargic Belligerent Callous Furtive Servile Combative Erratic Hostile Didactic Cynical Lavish Malinger Languid Rustic Candid Humble Ubiquitous Return to My Street Essay Plan out rewriting of essay 1 paragraph at a time Use 10 of the new words in the essay Each paragraph will have some new words Skip a line between each paragraph Show to peers to find out if word defines meaning of the neighbor Only use the word neighbor in 1st paragraph about the street New words will tell what the each paragraph will be about. When story is finished with strong adjectives, students will change it into free style poem form as per example. Print out poem and decorate in color drawings. Show example of crazy neighbors and a house from the poem. Show sample of poem Eliminate unnecessary words Write each verse (7x4) 1st draft Rewrite after revise and edit Publish