- I can write a lead that makes my students want to read more
- I can zoom in on a seed story with detail and description
- I can use quotation marks correctly
The other day the students watched as I decided what the heart of my story was- what was the most important part of my story or what do I want my readers to take away from my story. After I determined what that was, they watched as I zoomed in with even more detail so that my readers could paint a picture in their head of the event that I was writing about. Then, students worked with a partner to help each other add detail and description to the heart of their stories. Our discovery drafts have been combed through for proper use of quotation marks after we learned about those, and now we taped a piece of paper into them to add more details. They are stating to look like wonderful rough drafts that prove just how hard we are working.