Mrs. Ericson's English Blog: 2015

Monday, November 30, 2015

Writing your Short Story

Weisman Museum Artwork: Click here

Jim Brandenburg Gallery: Click here

Resources for Writing your Short Story:

1. Sound Words/Onomatopoeia

2. Names of Trees, Flowers, Fish, etc.

3. Creative Color Names and More Colors

4. Dictionary, Thesaurus, Rhyming Resource

5. Visual Thesaurus

6. Need a Map?

How to set up your Google Doc: Click here

How to set up your Dialogue: Click here and Click here

How to write your Conclusion Paragraph: Click here

Tuesday, September 29, 2015

Short Story Resources

Short Story Resources:

Five Elements of Short Stories Rap

Short Story Terms Prezi

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Wednesday, August 26, 2015

Welcome Back! I Hope you had a Marvelous Summer!

My name is Miss Wollschlager.
(You can call me Miss W.)

I hope you have a great first week! If you have any questions, please feel free to ask!

Click, my black lab relaxing this summer

I love to bike in the summer!

My black lab, Click swimming this summer

Caught a lot of walleyes this summer at my cabin

Monday, May 11, 2015

Writing Limericks and Haiku Poems

Credit:greatlakeswritersfestival.org

Why is poetry important?

What is a Limerick poem?

Limerick Video
Limerick information

Rhyming Dictionaries:
http://www.rhymezone.com/
http://www.wordcentral.com/

What is a Haiku poem?

http://edsitement.neh.gov/lesson-plan/can-you-haiku#sect-introduction

Dictionary/Thesaurus:
http://thesaurus.com/browse/kid
http://www.wordsmyth.net/
http://www.merriam-webster.com/

Monday, April 20, 2015

The Basic Elements of a Paragraph

Credit: http://goo.gl/x3nXQN

Group Expectations:
Expectations Padlet

Resources:
The Importance of Good Writing Skills

What is a Paragraph?

Paragraph Visual

Reasons for Writing

Transition Words

Sample Paragraph

Padlets:
The Importance of Good Writing Skills in the Workplace

Topic Sentences

Information/Details

Transition Words

Closing Sentences

Credit: http://goo.gl/nZMPWg

Friday, April 10, 2015

Haiku

-Originated in Japan in the sixteenth century

-They usually describe a single image, usually about nature

-Traditional Haikus are 3 lines long

-The poem's most popular form is:
5 syllables in the first line
7 syllables in the second line
5 syllables in the third line

Haiku poems by J. Patrick Lewis

January woods-
a snowy owl chooing one
syllable of wind