A couple of weeks ago, we started writing centres. Students will move between 5 different writing centres and styles. Students will use persuasive writing, expository writing, and descriptive writing.
Centre 1 - The first activity, "Comic Author" requires the student to choose four comic strips, interpret the picture and fill in the captions with their own dialogue.
Centre 2 - The second activity, "Adopt-A-Pet" requires the student to choose one of the classified ads for pets and write a letter to their parent or guardian in order to convince them why they should be allowed to bring that pet home.
Centre 3 - The third activity, "Letter to the Editor" requires the student to either answer the letters to the editor provided OR write a new letter to the editor using one of the issues provided. Students also have the option of writing about any other issue that they feel strongly about.
Centre 4 - The fourth activity, "Column Creation" students view the newspaper photographs provided and choose one to write a newspaper story about. Must describe the picture.
Centre 5 - The first part of the final activity, "Reporter for the Day" requires the student to read one of the articles provided and create a fitting headline. In the second part of the activity, the students are provided with the headline and they must create a story to correspond to it.
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