We're wrapping up our poetry unit and have a few days of Writer's Workshop time on our hands. At this point in the year, I allow students the opportunity to write anything they want in any style they want to. They can use their writing notebooks and the writing books we have in the classroom as resources, and I ask that they still use the writing process, but they can choose to write more poetry, or a fictional story, a play, a song, a nonfiction poster or research paper, a letter or a journal page. Whatever their heart desires!
Today I watched Ana and Darrin swap stories to get some feedback on their brainstorming and drafts. Ana was writing a letter. Darrin is working on a research paper on frogs.
Taya started thinking about writing a scary story, but decided to write a letter instead.
Azariana used some of our books to help her decide if there's another kind of poem she'd like to write!
It's wonderful to watch the students use what they have learned to express themselves in words! I love to see students that never enjoyed writing get excited about a project!
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