After mastering parts of speech and parts of a sentence, it was time to write powerful paragraphs. When teaching writing to young students, I always make sure to include a lesson on how to vary one's sentence patterns. To avoid lulling your reader to sleep, a good writer wants to vary sentence patterns, throw in some strong vivd verbs, and make sure there are descriptive words like adjectives. Of course, it is also important to remember that a paragraph should be about ONE topic. No rambling and getting off topic allowed!
To teach Paragraph Writing, we brainstormed the names of animals forwards and backwards. We then got our creative juices flowing thinking about the animal's appearance, diet, habitat, and even personality. Enjoy these samples from across the grades, and see if you can challenge your brain and read backwards to see what the animal's original name was!
The Effarig
by Ella (2nd grade)
The effarig is a cute, fluffy, tiny, and funny baby. It has green stripes and two purple triangles on its forehead. This creature eats paper cups outside its home. It lives in dirty places far from here. One fun fact about it is it likes to walk on its head! Clearly, the effarig is the best animal ever!
The Dribgnimmuh
by Benny (3rd grade)
The drignimmuh is a fast, skinny, and scared animal. It walks on the seafloor and eats seaweed in the ocean. When the dribgnimmuh is in the water for too long, it turns teal and orange. This animal was born on the sand and is very unique!
The Htols
by Rhys (4th grade)
The htols is a cute, quiety fuzzball. It is rainbow colored and eats pom poms. (It especially likes the yellow and pink ones). You can find it in the cities and it sleeps on the rooftops. Its snoring sounds like a yarn ball hitting the wall. It likes games and hanging out in the shade. If you think its soft (which its body is), it actually is not because if something tries to hurt it, it zaps lightning out of its antennae. It gets around by taking little hops. The htols is a one-of-a-kind creature!
The Niugnep
by Annabelle (5th grade)
Appearance:
The niugnep is fluffy and always looks confused. It has a giant beak and blue and green polka dots on its wings. It also possesses two tiny antennae on its yellow fur, placed on the top of its head. Because the niugnep wears a blue jump suit and has very thick fur, it is always warm in the winter. The niugnep is a very adorable and puffy animal.
Diet:
The niugnep loves munching on cookies. Its favorite flavor is chocolate! Eery night before going to bed, it eats two bags of chocolate chip cookies. A cookie sandwich is its favorite breakfast. For lunch, it gobbles down salmon, and for dinner, it has beef. Obviously, it has cookies for dessert! The niugnep loves cookies, and likes all kind of food.
The Hateehc
by Momo (6th grade)
Appearance:
The hateehc is a very interesting animal. It has four yellow webbed feet, hot pink spikes, and orange, fluffy, cotton candy-like fur. At first, the appearance of it may seem a little intimdiating, but don't worry. The hateehc is very lazy, and would not like to spend its time eating or attacking humans. Another thing is that the hateehc has purple teeth, and in order to keep them purple, they must brush their teeth daily. Overall, despite the intimidation at the start, the hateehc is a pretty cute animal!
Diet:
The hateehc has a very fascinating diet. It has to eat a different meal every meal time. First, breakfast can only consist of dry Honey Nut Cheerios or bacon crisped to perfection. Second, for lunch it must eat a salami and lettuce sandwich or a Pink Drink from Starbucks. Lastly, for dinner, it must have a pepperoni pizza from Pizza Hut, or a whole loaf of garlic bread. It might be fun to go out for a meal with a hateehc!
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