Writing Lesson Plans

The 5 W's

I look forward to the new school year. I am just as excited about my new group and look forward to see how quickly they change as the year progresses. One way that I encourage writing is to have my students make a "doll". This doll can be made from any materials they choose. The trick is- the doll has to represent as many of the five senses as possible. I collect the dolls and place them around my room. I have everything from pillow case dolls, pumpkin, cotton ball dolls, dolls made from grass, dried flowers, yarn, everything. They have to write a short paper on the 5 W's. This gets them in the creative mood to write, they love having their dolls exhibited (we always get our picture in the school news for the display of dolls) and it combines their "creative" side with the academic side.
Submitted by:Paula Ward paula.ward@email-removed