All year we've been working on building our writing skills with the "6 traits of Writing". Last semester we practiced Idea Development and Organization and this semester we've started learning about Voice.
So far we understand that our writing voices express our personalities. We also know that the words we choose can show readers who we are.
We started by reading each other's 'Dear Friends' letters and making guesses about whose voices we were reading. We also read Fancy Nancy by Jane O'Connor and made a list of all the words Nancy uses to express her personality:
So far we understand that our writing voices express our personalities. We also know that the words we choose can show readers who we are.
We started by reading each other's 'Dear Friends' letters and making guesses about whose voices we were reading. We also read Fancy Nancy by Jane O'Connor and made a list of all the words Nancy uses to express her personality:
- fuchsia
- plume
- sprinkles
- tiara
- stupendous
- accessories
- posh
- chauffeur
- "merci" (thank you in French!)