Mrs. Huff's Stuff: Authors and Artists Writing Club!: pumpkin game

Tuesday, November 9, 2021

Pumpkin Draw!

The "Budding Authors and Artists"had a different game to play. This game will prepare them well for "Monster Draw" in the future! In "Pumpkin Draw," the students started out with drawing pictures, of course. Then, they used fill-in-the-blank prompts to make sentences to describe their pictures with lots and lots of adjectives! (All my students learn very early how important adjectives are in excellent, vivid writing!). We taped pictures up on the wall, and as I read the descriptions, students had to guess which picture I was reading about. Of course, being such excellent young authors, the pictures were easy to spot, because the writing was so clear!

Enjoy these samples, and we hope you had a Happy Halloween!

Samit's Pumpkin (2nd grade)

My pumpkin is heart-shaped, orange, and blue. It has two yellow triangular eyes. I don't have a nose for my pumpkin though. It has two tiny triangular teeth. It has a small, yellow, and fangy mouth. On top of its head, it has a triangular orange stem. There is a dark blue sky. I think my pumpkin is amazing.

Vihaan's Pumpkin (2nd grade)

My pumpkin is funny looking and enormous. It has two tiny yellow oval eyes. It has one oddly shaped tiny yellow mouth and twenty-three tiny triangular black teeth. It sits on green grass with the blue sky. I think my pumpkin is enormously silly.

Thursday, November 14, 2019

Pumpkin Guessing Game

The "Budding" class got to design jack-o-lanterns, and then learn how to use descriptive words (adjectives!) to describe size, shape, color, and number. All art work was hung on the board, and after reading descriptions, the students got to guess which pumpkin was which. If their pumpkin was guessed first, it meant that they were an excellent writer and describer! Enjoy this one by Isabella (2nd grade):

About the Teacher

Mrs. Huff has taught Language Arts for over 20 years. After being a classroom teacher for 12 years, she chose a new career path in teaching writing workshops and tutoring in order to stay home with her young children. She loves teaching creative writing, reading, and grammar. She specializes in teaching elementary school grades, but enjoys assisting older students with their writing as well. She offers both in-person and online workshops and tutoring sessions. Mrs. Huff is Barton trained and certified, and has experience tutoring dyslexic students. She loves to see their growth and improvement in reading, writing, and spelling.

Mrs. Huff's hobbies include coaching volleyball, photography, scrapbooking, writing, and spending time with her family. She has a daughter and a son, both "graduates" from the "Authors and Artists" program!

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What Parents and Students have said about the workshop:

"The small group environment allowed for lots of personalized attention and immediate feedback. My daughter loved the workshop and came home raving about the creative writing assignments which included group, partner, and individual writing."

"It amazed me how my son was excited to stay after school for an academic-style club. Mrs. Huff made the classroom environment comfortable and light after a long day's work at school, yet encouraged hard work and focus and got the kids to produce great things. We loved the program!"

"I loved Mrs. Huff's teaching style and enthusiasm."

"I never thought I'd hear the words 'awesome' and 'writing' in the same sentence from my son, but that's what he said after the first class."

"My daughter absolutely loved the workshop. It made her think, and challenged her to write something different. She loves writing, and this gave her a scheduled time to do what she loves best with a teacher's guidance. Plus, she loved her teacher!"

"Authors and Artists is my favorite part of the day."

"This workshop is hard work..... but it's fun work!"

"I was very impressed with Mrs. Huff's manner with the children. There was a sense of mutual respect in the classroom between the teacher and students. The students were comfortable and worked hard, but had fun!"