Autumn Writing
As part of our mini lessons in writers workshops we have done a lot of talking about "juicy" words.  Together we brainstorm a comprehensive list of juicy fall words for the children to use in their writing.  I then provide them with two titles to choose from: 
                       1.  Fall is Fantastic
                       2.  Autumn is Awful
The students write a short story using the juicy words to explain why they feel the way they do.  We go through an intro. to editting process and then I have them write their good copies on special fall paper.  I take a picture of each of them surrounded by beautiful fall leaves and then bind it all together into a class book with the appropriate title.

It's a great start to writing using lots of desciptive words!
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