Show the Rule

We have started a new tradition in our classroom. Each Thursday students are introduced to a new writing convention or “rule.” As a class we discuss the meaning of the rule and discover how it is applied in literature. We then write our own piece as a group using the rule. On Friday, students get to apply their knowledge of the rule through creative writing. Each child selects a magazine clipping and writes a creative piece which is inspired by the picture. In their writing, students must use the rule five times. Before students hand in their writing they go over the piece and highlight or underline all the places where they have showed the rule. Students have really enjoyed this new classroom tradition so far! Here are some examples of student’s work to date.