ACTIVITIES WORKSHEET

Grade Level - 4

Course – Quality of Writing

Week Taught (2-35)- 22

State Standard:1.5.4D Write with an awareness of the stylistic aspects of composition

St. Marys Standard: Students will write with an awareness and command of the different aspects of style in their writing

Student will know: *	Student will be able to: *
To vary length of sentences and to choose descriptive words	Write sentences of varying length and complexity using descriptive words

Assessment Question:

1. Paper/Pencil: What elements of writing are necessary in order to create an interesting and well - composed piece of writing?

Answer: The necessary elements are descriptive words and varied sentence length.

2. Performance Question: Create a descriptive paragraph about someone who has helped you in some way.

Assessment Tool: Vocabulary - Variety of word choices, correct use of word choices, and appealing word choices 0-3pts.

Sentence Structure and Variety – Variety of sentence structure, appropriate sentence lengths, concise, and length contributes to fluency 0-3pts

Rating scale - 3=consistent skill used 95% 1=infrequent skill use<50% 2= frequent skill use >50% 0=skill not used.

Activity:

Students will write an UPLIFTING LITTLE NOTE to people in the community that could use one. The note will be attached to a piece of yarn that has a balloon on one end and a decorated sand weight at the other. The balloon with the UPLIFTING LITTLE NOTE will be given out to members of the community

Duration: 20 minutes

Resources for this activity - construction paper, pencils, crayons, markers, scissors, balloons, sandwich bags, sand, yarn, and tissue paper

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Code: ___1.5.4D _____________Date Developed: ______________

Teacher Assigned: Stacy L. Yetzer Date Approved: 06/03