Mr.+Burkett


 * Mr. Burkett's email: james.burkett@nbed.nb.ca**
 * Frye Festival: Budding Writers form: Budding_Writers_Form.doc**
 * Student Links :**
 * 7J**
 * 7GI**
 * 7IG**
 * 7HF**
 * 7FH**

[] __**Descriptive Writning Paragraph: A Walk in the Park**__ My writing is full of details that keep the reader's attention and show what is really important about my topic. Description is evident. || **Clear and Compelling Direction** I've chosen an order that works well and makes the reader wants to find out what's coming next. || **Really Individual and Powerful** My paper has lots of personality. It sounds different from the way anyone else writes, and is full of descriptions. || **Extremely Clear, Visual and Accurate** I picked just the right words that describe the 5 senses (touch, taste, hear, sight and smell). || **Varied and Natural** My sentences are clear and delightful to read aloud, they vary in size and structure. || **Mostly Correct** There are a few errors in my paper. It wouldn't take long to get this ready to publish. || The reader usually knows what I mean. I need to tell just a little more about what is important. Descriptive writing is often used. || **Some Really Smooth Parts, Others Need Work** The order of ideas or events makes sense most of the time. || **Individuality Fades In and Out** What I truly think and feel shows up sometimes in the description of my writing. || **Correct But Not Striking** The words in my paper get the message across, but they aren’t as descriptive as they could be (missing some sense). || **Routine and Functional** Some sentences are choppy or awkward, but most are clear. || **About Halfway Home** A number of mistakes in my paper need to be cleaned up before I am ready to publish. || When someone else reads my paper, it will be hard for them to understand what I mean, descriptive writing is missing. || **Not Shaped Yet** The order in my paper is jumbled and confused. I'm feeling dizzy! || **Not Yet Me** I'm not comfortable sharing what I truly think and feel yet, my descriptions didn’t share how I felt about what I was writing. || **Confusing, Misused Words, and Phrases** My reader often asks, "What did you mean by this?" or “ I was confused by the description.” || **Needs Work** There isn't enough "sentence sense" yet. This paper is difficult to read aloud, even with practice. || **Editing Not Under Control** It would take a first reading to decode, and then a second reading to get the meaning of my paper. ||
 * Monday May 30, 2011**
 * Bell Work: Rewrite the sentence on the board to make it more descriptive.**
 * 1. Find some descriptive words on line that could be used instead of the words sight, sound, taste, feel, smell... Try to find a website that will give you other choices that will make your writing more descriptive.**
 * Here is a sight to get you started...**
 * 2. Begin to write your rough draft for A Walk in the Park. Remember to write a pagaragraph that includes a topic sentece, concluding sentence, and a sentence that explains each sense. See the following rubric to help you:**
 * || **Ideas and Content** || ==Organization== || ==Voice== || **Word** **Choice** || **Sentence** **Fluency**  || ==Conventions== ||
 * 5 || **Focused, Clear, and Specific**
 * 3 || **Some Really Good Parts, Some Not There Yet**
 * 1 || **Just Beginning to Figure Out What I Want to Say**


 * Wednesday May 18, 2011**
 * Bell Work: Free Read.**
 * 1. Finish writing up the 3 new facts about your partner (remember to include 3 new words to your sentences).**
 * 2. Share your 3 facts with the group, and have them try to find out who your partner was.**
 * Monday May 16, 2011**
 * Bell Work: Share your autobiography with a partner. Read your bio to them and have them read theirs to you.**
 * 1. Group Discussion... We will share our autobiographies with the class. Each student can read their auto biography to the classs.**
 * 2. Interview: Interview a partner about their life and fine 3 interesting facts, that you didn't already know about them, and write these facts, in sentence form, on a piece of paper.**
 * 3. Edit your sentences to add 3 words that you have not used at any time this year in your writing (you may use the theaurus on your ipod to find these words).**
 * 4. Share your writing with the group.**