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Start-Up Activity
Ask for a volunteer to read page 177 aloud. Then ask students to write a quick observation report based on the view from their desk. More specifically, for 5 minutes they should record what they see, hear, and feel around them without worrying about getting everything perfect in their sentences. Their goal is to record as many sensory details as they can. (Consider writing along with the students.) Afterward, ask for volunteers to share their reports for discussion. Note the different sensory details included.
Writing observation reports gives you an opportunity to teach the continuous form of the present tense (is running, are sitting, etc.) English Language Learners often have difficulties with the continuous tense.
Think About It
“Writing is not apart from living. Writing is a kind of double living.”
—Catherine Drinker Bowen
Start-Up Activity
Ask for a volunteer to read page 177 aloud. Then ask students to write a quick observation report based on the view from their desk. More specifically, for 5 minutes they should record what they see, hear, and feel around them without worrying about getting everything perfect in their sentences. Their goal is to record as many sensory details as they can. (Consider writing along with the students.) Afterward, ask for volunteers to share their reports for discussion. Note the different sensory details included.
Writing observation reports gives you an opportunity to teach the continuous form of the present tense (is running, are sitting, etc.) English Language Learners often have difficulties with the continuous tense.
Think About It
“Writing is not apart from living. Writing is a kind of double living.”
—Catherine Drinker Bowen