Nowitzki Notes

This is step one of the descriptive narrative writing process. Have your students pick a place or memory. Then, have them complete this senses chart to help add description and details to their writing.

This activity is used to practice or assess parts of speech. They are given a magazine to find each of the topics. They will cut out a picture of the part of speech, and the word that they put next to the part of speech must be a correct usage. Example: Picture of a person - Noun - human Picture of a person running - Verb - running

Use this document to check for understanding while reading the novel Touching Spirit Bear.

I keep these in a binder. If a student receives a warning, yet they don't correct their behavior, they are quietly handed one of these sheets to fill out and put into the behavior binder. This is good for parent conferences or a great paper-trail for the administration. Easy to modify

This is a group writing project. Ideally, four people will constitute a group to complete the entire story, but if they only have three, they can switch back to the original person to allow them to finish their own story. The directions are listed on the document. A timer is required for this activity.

Use this to help students create imagery in their writing.

This can be used for a specified novel or a choice novel. The objective is to check for completion and understanding of the terminology.

Print and use to plan and plot a story. They can draw or write in each square.

This is a great handout for students to have throughout the schoolyear to help add diversity to their sentences.