HOW to be a writing wizard BRAINSTORM FIRST! WHEN YOU BRAINSTORM, IT’S TIME TO THINK, THINK,...

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BRAINSTORM BRAINSTORM FIRST!FIRST!

WHEN YOU BRAINSTORM, IT’S TIME TO THINK, THINK, THINK!

IT’S TIME TO GET YOUR BRIGHT IDEAS ON PAPER!

•You don’t have to write in complete sentences.

•You don’t have to use your best handwriting.

WRITE A

ROUGH DRAFT!

Remember to SKIP LINES !

A PARAGRAPH IS LIKE A HAMBURGER

BEGINNING

MIDDLE

ENDING

MAKE IT JUICY!

HOOK YOUR HOOK YOUR READER!READER!

You’ve gotta hook ‘em before you can cook ‘em!

WRITE A DETAILWRITE A DETAIL

THEN…

ADD ADD

ANOTHERANOTHER

DETAIL !DETAIL !

START STRONG!START STRONG!

The shimmering stars looked like colossal diamonds in the sky.

Shimmering stars sparkledsparkledlike colossaldiamonds inthe sky.

Wipe out wimpy words like “the” and “looked like.”

L I G H T N I N G

B O L T S ?

ARE YOUR WORDS . . .

OR

LIGHTNING BUGS

LIGHTNING BOLT WORDS

ADDPOWER

•BIG bolts of lightning went through the night sky.

•COLOSSAL bolts of lightning streaked through the night sky.

NTSBWTSW

• NO• TWO• SENTENCES• BEGIN • WITH • THE • SAME• WORD

BEWARE of BONY SENTENCES

TO IMPROVE YOUR SENTENCE

JUST ADD…

WHEN, WHERE, WHO, WHY, OR HOW.

Last Saturday, my soccer team won the game by scoring six goals!

My team won the game.

JOIN SENTENCES TOGETHER!

I go to sleep. I dream about my family.

I go to sleep and dream about my family.

Use SHORT SENTENCES

&L O N G S E N T E N C E S.

Mix ‘em up!

USE DESCRIBIN

GWORDS

TO “PAINT” A PICTURE

FOR YOUR READER.

DAZZLE YOUR DAZZLE YOUR READERS!READERS!

Use…Use…ADJECTIVESADJECTIVESSIMILESSIMILESMETAPHORSMETAPHORSFIGURES OF FIGURES OF

SPEECHSPEECHALLITERATIONALLITERATIONREPETITIONREPETITIONONOMATOPOEIAONOMATOPOEIA

EDIT YOUR WRITING.

BE SURE TO USE C.O.P.S !

CCAPITALSAPITALSOOK…Does it sound K…Does it sound

OK?OK?PPUNCTUATIONUNCTUATIONSSPELLINGPELLING

CAUTION! DO NOT ENTER!• Do not Say… “ hi.”Do not Say… “ hi.”

• Do not Say… “my name is…”Do not Say… “my name is…”

• Do not Say… “that’s all.”Do not Say… “that’s all.”

• Do not Say…” good-bye.”Do not Say…” good-bye.”

• Do not Say… “that’s my story.”Do not Say… “that’s my story.”

• Do NOT SAY “THAT’S ALL I HAVE TO Do NOT SAY “THAT’S ALL I HAVE TO SAY ABOUT THAT.”SAY ABOUT THAT.”

NO LISTING!

SHARE YOUR WORKWITH

AFRIEND!

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