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HOW to be a writing HOW to be a writing wizardwizard
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!
THE ENDTHE END