This Prompt's Title:
The Crazy Animal Game for Kids
carefully choosing details to share so that a reader sees a picture in his/her mind
(This prompt was developed at an inservice class by Nevada teacher Terri Myklebust.) |
What details would you use to describe this crazy monkey?
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How do you teach young writers to carefully select details to share?
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 There are a lot of great stories about animals that act a little crazy or odd. I'm particular to Bunnicula: A Rabbit-Tale of Mystery because the authors do a great job of using details that are memorable...long after you stop reading it aloud. Ask your students, "What makes those details so memorable?" and then challenge them to think with those types of details when they write their Crazy Animal Stories.
--Corbett Harrison, Reno, Nevada
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