Neville's Bloggers

Cameron's Post on Writing

I like writing because it entertains me. It is really easy because all you do is write words that make sense.

I like choosing my own topic because Miss Neville gives me fiction stories but I like non-fiction.

Cameron's Picture

I am writing about a lot of different topics. I use crayons and pencils.

Brittany's Post on Writing

I like writing because it helps me to be a better writer. What I don’t like about writing is that if you write too long your hand starts hurting. Miss Neville, I have a question for you. Why do writers write books? You can help me with outlines in my stories.

Brittany's Picture

I'm writing about my stuffed teddy bear, Teddy, and his friend, Puppy.

Let's Write!

I am so excited about Miss Neville's post! She asks some great questions and I am so looking forward to your answers! I thought you might enjoy a picture one of my fifth grade blogging students drew about writing. That will really put you in the right frame of mind to "blog about writing."

I also thought I'd share a couple of my favorite quotes about writing.

• Writing is like baseball or piano playing. You have to practice if you want to be successful. Betsy Byars
• It is wise to write on many subjects, to try many topics so that you may find the right and inspiring one.  Henry David Thoreau
• For the writer, there is nothing quite like having someone say that he or she understands, that you have reached them and affected them with what you have written.  Virginia Hamilton

Let's write!

Becoming Authors...

Over the weekend I was thinking of how much I enjoy reading your stories that you write during Writing Workshop.  I am so impressed with how creative you can be.  Writing takes a great amount of effort and time.  Here are some questions I was thinking about when reading your stories:

• What do you like about writing?  What do you not like about it?
• Do you find writing to be easy or hard?  Why?
• How do you like to choose topics?  Do you enjoy picking out your own?  Or would you rather the teacher give you a topic or story starter?  Why?
• Do you have any writing tips for young writers?  Think about when you were in Kindergarten and First Grade.  What would you like to tell those students now that would help them become better writers?
• Do you have any writing questions that I can help you with?
• What are some suggestions you would give me to help teach you to become great authors?

Remember, you don't have to answer all of the questions above.  Just pick a few to explain your feelings and opinions.  Also, remember to use complete sentences so that the reader can understand your comments. 

After you have answered some of the questions above, I would like you to draw a picture on a white piece of paper.  You can draw a picture of what you look like when you are writing.  Do you always write at a desk?  Where are some other places people write that you could draw a picture of?  Another suggestion is to draw a picture of you when you are thinking about writing.  Here's one more: Draw a picture of what your brain looks like when it is thinking about writing. 

When you are drawing, please draw items as big as you can.  Please try to fill up all of the white space on your paper by adding background.  Markers work the best.  If you are going to write a few words on your picture, please write them in BIG letters.  Mrs. Davis would like to try to put them on your blog!

Good luck gang!!  I can't wait to here your responses and see your illustrations!

Love, Miss Neville   

Sahil's Introduction

 

Hi, I am Sahil. I like to play basketball and football. When I grow up I want to be a professional football player. I won the basketball playoffs. I have a dog named Shunshin. Her birthday. is Sept. 14^th.  My favorite color is pink. I also play football with  13teen year olds 

Mimi's Introduction

Hi, my name is Mimi. I have lots of friends. When I grow up, I want to be a soccer star. Today, I brought into school my Social Studies project and my valentine box but my Social Studies project wasn’t about a state flag, it was about a country flag. But now

(to be continued..........)

Kristen's Introduction

Hi! I’m Kristen. I enjoy blogging and horseback riding. The most exciting thing I’ve ever learned in school was learning about Australia. I’m from downtown Lawrenceville, Ga. I have one brother and one sister. I’m the youngest in my family. My sister is 12. My brother is 22. I play the guitar. One day my family and I went to Lorreta Lynns ranch. My sister was in a competition to see who could sing best. I’m in focus. My focus teacher's name is Mrs. Lainer. It’s a class of higher learning. I'm 8 years old. My favorite color is purple. I have no pets. I used to have two dogs and two hamsters. My hamster's name was Hammy. My sister's hamsters name was Skittles. Our two dogs were named Spanky and Patches.

Julia's Introduction

Hi I’m Julia. I have brown hair. One thing I’m very proud of something that is very funny. Yesterday, I cleaned out the whole trashcan plus the cabinet with squash in it. It had not been in 3 years! When I grow up, I want to be an actress because when I watch movies it looks fun. Besides I'm good at it plus my Mom says I am a drama queen. Going back to the way I look, I hve blue eyes & braces. Well, can't wait to write, oops, I mean type again.

 

Ian's Introduction

My name is Ian and I’m almost busy every day!  Monday I do karate, Tuesday my brother does hockey, Wednesday we go to church, Thursday we finally have a free day, Friday my brother does hockey, Saturday and Sunday I play hockey and I'm starting baseball. I just went to karate tournament and got two medals. I got 1st place in sparing and 3rd place in weapons. I'm very proud of this because I was very nervous that I was not going to do well. The most exciting thing in school is learning about Australia.

 

Gabe's Introduction

My name is Gabe. I think people would like to know that I have 4 parents. They all love me a lot, too!! I have a dad, a mom, a step dad, and a step mom. All of my life I wanted to build houses. Because my dad builds them. I’d like to build a brick house. I also went to Maryland before. I can do without toys because they don't help me live better. I do want them. I don't need a bed because I have 4 sleeping bags. I could just get a blanket and pillow and sleep on the floor. I could also sleep in my sleeping bags. I won a running medal at the YMCA before. I'm very proud of myself too! I won a trophy also! Isn't that cool? I love winning! I have two houses. They're both very pretty too! I love my houses! I also love the people who live in them. Man, I'm lucky!!