After learning what makes a great sentence, we moved on to paragraph writing. The theme was variation of sentence patterns, to keep the reader interested. Our topic? Spell real animal names backwards! Then write a paragraph on their habitat, diet, appearance, or personality. There were five steps the students were to follow:
1. Write an interesting introduction, which includes your animal as the subject, and an expressive adjective in the predicate.
2. Replace your subject with a pronoun, and give a reason to support your first sentence.
3. Continuing to support your topic sentence, make sure this sentence has a super strong verb.
4. Start this sentence with a "where," "when," "while," "because," etc. to vary the sentence patterns.
5. End with a super conclusion that connects to the first sentence!
Enjoy these samples!
The Abilities of the Hsifyllej, by Zibo (4th grade)
In the barren desert, the hsifyllej is a fierce hunter. It kills pretty by slashing powerfully using its four large claws. When dueling with humans or its own kind, the hsifyllej can fire spikes off its shell. Since it does not have much food, it travels around a lot, and it is able to make dense extremely quickly while keeping an eye on the rocks that fall from cliffs. Those are the ways the hsifyllej can get prey.
The Appearance of the Hsifyyej
Hsifyllej look quite exotic. It is most tan and brown with plates covering its scorpion-like body. It has four claws, and four pairs of legs, with twelve limbs in total. The spikes on its shell and tail sharpen with it is on high alert. Its teeth even go lower than its head! What a cool looking beast!
The Niugnep, by Arielle (5th grade)
The Niugnep is a very funny looking. It has a giraffe neck, antennae like a ladybug, a dog-like body with dragon wings. You'll also discover he has a fluffy bunny tail. Because he is so big and sweet, he loves cupcakes! The Niugnep is the most unique animal I've ever seen!
The Tibbar, by Charlize (5th grade)
The tibbar is a cute-looking animal. It is shaped like a tiny baby panda, except it has deep blue arms, legs, and ears, and an aqua green body. It wears a pink bow at the top if its head. Whenever it walks, its blow sparkles brightly and boldly. The tibbar is quite the adorable animal!
The tibbar's habitat is in a place called "Animal Forest." "Animal Forest" is loaded with all different kinds of animals. However, unlike the other animals' dens, the tibbar's den is magical. The inside of its den is rainbow and sparkly. It has a blue dining table and chairs. It also has a red bean bag and a purple TV. The tibbar is really quite lucky to have all of these accessories, because no animal in the forest has cable TV! Because the tibbar lives in a secretive place, it has a lot of advantages!
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