The Writing Club – 5

By cAmilla Wu

Date: October 17^th , 2009

Grade 3 Workbook / Poetry / Alice’s Adventure in Wonderland / Grammar / Topic writing: My Favorite Story

1. Grade 3 Workbook (Follows the Canadian Curriculum) by Sarah J. Carroll

Written by teachers working in the Canadian classroom.

www.telegraph-rd.com

a. Addition:

(1)Addition without regrouping:

(a) When we add, we find the sum.

(b)First we add the ones, then the tens, and then the hundreds.

(2) Addition with regrouping:

(a) When the sum in any column is greater than 9, we need to regroup that number.

* Be sure to keep the numbers lined up in the right place value column.

    2. Poetry (source: What Your Third Grader Needs to Know)

a.       Jimmy Jet and His TV Set by Shel Silverstein

b.   First Thanksgiving of All by Nancy Byrd Turner

c.  Eletelephony by Laura Richards

d.  Father William by Lewis Carroll

3.  Alice’s Adventure in Wonderland

a.     Read the story and analyze the sentences.

b.   Choose one favorite page and change the sentences into present tenses.

4.      Grammar: (resource http://englishplus.com/grammar)

a.       Review the grammar learned from the forth class.

b.      Review the forms of verbs.

c.    Review the subjects (8 personal pronouns), possessives, objects(8 pronoun objects), possessive pronouns, reflexive pronouns

d.    Review the tenses: past, present and future / progressive and perfect

e.    Sentence making.

5.      Topic writing: My Favorite Story

a.       Discuss the topic.                                                   

b.      Review the writing skills.

c.       Writing Sharing—

My Favorite Story

By Kevin Wang

Age: 8

Date: October 17^th, 2009

   The story I like most is Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets. It is about a big snake fight with Harry Potter.

  The reason why I like the story is its exciting fighting scene. A flying car crashes into the whomping willow and the whomping willow tries to destroy the car.

  I have learned to think for others instead of having evil ideas.

My Favorite Story

By Paula  Liu

Age: 8

Date: October 17^th, 2009

  The Story I like most is Pinocchio. It is about a puppet. A carpenter makes a puppet, and one day the puppet talks with the carpenter, and he says who are you talking and Pinocchio jumps up and runs out of the house. He has an adventure and is in danger. A pigeon helps Pinocchio to escape and Pinocchio’s father also helps him. A fairy turns Pinocchio into a real boy in the end.

  The reason why I like the story is because the plot is exciting and funny. Although the story is not true, I appreciate Pinocchio’s bravery and honesty.

My Favorite Story

By Howard Tsai

Age: 7

Date: October 17^th, 2009

  The story I like most is Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire. It is about a boy, Harry Potter, and his two friends Ron and Hermione and Harry’s enemy Dacomalfoy.

  The reason why I like the story is because it is cool.

Camilla’s Corner:

Dear Children,

   You might find it very exciting to share stories with your friends. And it is easy for you to talk about what you like as well. However, when it comes to writing down the ideas, you may encounter some difficulties and have no idea what to write.

    Writing is actually as easy as talking except that you might need to have a very good memory because you have to slow down your thinking a little bit to let your hands finish all the sentences on your mind. One more imporatant thing is to avoid repeating the same adjectives, verbs or nouns, thus your article might seem more attractive and interesting. It is very common that miswording might happen; therefore, while finish writing, read your own article out loud to see if it makes sense and double check if there is any grammar mistake or redundant information.

   Practice makes perfect. I am sure that you will enjoy writing and will be able to have a lot of extraordinary thoughts to describe in your articles soon!

Love,

Camilla