Thursday 22nd October Week 3

Today we started writing our Free Verse poems. We revisited our 3 tier rubric and did some talk-alouds of what each kind of thinking would look like and sound like.
We then read some free verse poems to identify structure, creative images and use of figurative language. Our next step was to brainstorm topics for writing.
I was thrilled with the first drafts or first round of writing. During the writing process, there were small conversations around rubric criteria happening around the class and children were reading their work to their peers and then there was discussion about where they sat on the rubric. They realised that they could be at different levels for the different success criteria.
I am so pleased with the quality of the writing.
The one area that we needed to revisit was the structure - not so much in terms of using the appropriate structure when writing free verse but more in the presentation when typing up their work. The children identified the importance of punctuation and how the choice and placing of commas and fullstops impacts on the visual picture created and the emotion or feeling portrayed. We discussed whether or not we should add something about appropriate use of punctuation to our rubric. Tomorrow the children will use their rubric to identify their thinking with regard to structure, creativity and the use of figurative language. They will identify WTN steps before they attempt a second writing of free verse.