Write a short paragraph in 15 minutes:

1.  Use these five words in a paragraph.

(The paragraph should have a least FOUR sentences, but no more than ten.) 

Use a variety of types of sentences.

          dirty      brother        sick       ran        kitchen

You may change the tense of the word “ran.”

2.  Does your paragraph have a focus sentence or topic

              sentence?

          It can be the first sentence to immediately inform the

                   reader.

          It can be the second sentence if you have a hook in the

                   first sentence.

          It can be the last sentence if you want to give details and

                   lead the reader to the final sentence.

3.  Descriptive words:

          Adjectives (describes nouns)

          Adverbs (describes verbs)

          Revise for content (change ideas for clarity)

          Edit for spelling and grammar (Like a DOL)

4.  Sentence Fluency:

          If a paragraph of all simple sentences is boring, why write

                   with them?

          Simple, compound, complex sentences!

          Revise for a mixture of sentence types

5.  Edit (DOL style) for spelling, grammar, etc.

6.  Assignment:  Rewrite paragraph for tomorrow (Monday)

(Turn in old and new versions!)