Collaborative Project: Teaching Writing With Touchstone Books

Carol Macken Grade 1
Lincoln School
Caldwell, New Jersey

    I use this book to show descriptive writing. After reading the book we go back and classify the words that the author used to describe the monster: color words, number words, shape words etc.  Then the children make their own big green monsters with precut construction paper pieces. Using descriptive word charts as a support, the children write descriptions of their own big green monsters.

 

STUDENT WORK

	My Big Green Monster by Mackenzie My monster has sharp yellow teeth.  He has two yellow diamonds for ears.  He has short straggly purple hair.  He has two big blue eyes. He has one long purple nose.  He has a red mouth.  He has a big green circle for a head.  He is scary.
My Big Green Monster by Brendan My monster has six orange teeth.  He has two orange and red ears.  He has two black eyes.  He is scary!

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