What will you be for Halloween?
Belinda Parvin
Bogue Sound Elementary
This lesson is a writing activity encouraging the use of adjectives.
Time:  Approximately two hours overall

NCSCS objectives:
R3  Writing process
W2 Nouns, verbs and adjectives
7.1,7.2,7.3  S. Studies/Traditions of Halloween
2.2,2.3,2.4  Technology/Word Processing
W 1 Capitalization and Punctuation

The student will construct a story sticking to the topic with 2-4 sentences.

Materials/Resources Needed:
A fiction book about Halloween
Computer lab
paper

Pre-Activities:
1.  Read book about Halloween.
2.  Sing a song with the class-"What will you be, What will you be, what will you be for Halloween?"
3.  Sing over giving each child a chance to answer.
4.  Model whole group an example of a good story using adjectives on chart paper.
5.  Students write independently.
6.  Edit student work.

Activity: (To take place in the computer lab-students have their edited copy.)
Guided practice-On carpet in computer lab using Smart board.  Model story showing students how to highlight color words in respective colors.

Independent practice:

1. Students go to computer and go into Clarisworks for Kids-Paint and Write. 

2. Students type their edited copy. 

3. They go back and highlight their color words. 

4. They illustrate their story making a picture that correlates with colors they have used as describing words.

Closure:  Students will print their work and share it with the class.

Assessment:  This will be the student's work sample.  It will be 2-4 sentences sticking to the topic.  The color words will be highlighted in the respective color.  Capitalization and punctuation will be evident.  The picture will correlate with the writing.