Does your child like to write stories or poems?  In this once-a-week class, students will get a chance to explore their creativity and write. Each week will be outlined as a quick greeting, followed by a mini-lesson, about 5-10 minutes to write and ended with a chance for the students to share.  The following weeks will be as such:

Week 1: September 11th 
Week 1: Brainstorming Ideas: What Are Your Going to Write About?
Students will think about a recent event in their life that made them happy and made them laugh and write a story about that.

Week of September 18th
Week 2: Drafting: Writing Your Story
Students will write a story and throw away their inner editor so that they can just express their ideas.  

Week of September 25th
Week 3: Word Choice: Choosing the Correct Words 
Students will look at common words and learn other words that they can use in place of them to add detail and write a story with that in mind.

Week of October 1st
Week 4: Editing: Punctuation and Capitals
Students will review punctuation and capitals and write a story 

Week of October 8th
Week 5: Description: Adding Details
Students will learn how to add details with adjectives and adverbs.