grades 1-2 four square writing. step 1: brainstorming writing situation: everyone has a favorite...

Grades 1-2 Four Square Writing

Step 1: Brainstorming

Writing Situation: Everyone has a favorite food.

Think about this for a moment! What is your favorite food? Why do you like it?

Directions for Writing: We are going to write a story about our favorite food. We will use exciting details, and colorful words in our make our story interesting.

Step 2: Think about it.

Think about your favorite food. Why do you like it? What does it taste like? When do you get to eat your

favorite food? How does it make you feel when

you eat your favorite food?

Step 3: Prepare the graphic organizer.

Now we will fold our paper into 4 squares.

Step 4: Complete the center box.

Unfold the paper and draw a box in the center. In the center box. Let’s write a sentence to begin our story.

My favorite food is macaroni.

Step 5: Build a word bank.

Let’s think of some words that we might use when we talk about macaroni.


cheese

warm

yummy

gooey

Step 5: Build a word bank.Can you think of more words that we might need

to use when we talk about macaroni?


Step 6: Complete the graphic organizer.

Think of something you could tell about macaroni using a word from the word bank. Write that sentence in the first box.


Step 3: Complete the graphic organizer.Write a

sentence to tell about macaroni.


Step 3: Complete the graphic organizer.It is so warm it

melts in my mouth.



melts in my mouth.


Write another sentence to tell about macaroni.


melts in my mouth.


I like it with lots of thick cheese.


melts in my mouth.



Write another sentence to tell about macaroni.


melts in my mouth.



My grandmother makes the best gooey macaroni.


melts in my mouth.




Write a feeling sentence about macaroni.


melts in my mouth.




Eating macaroni makes my tummy feel yummy.

Step 7: From the Four Square to paper

Step 7: From the graphic organizer to the paper.

My favorite food is macaroni. It is so warm it melts in my mouth. I like it with lots of thick cheese. My grandmother makes the best gooey macaroni. Eating macaroni makes my tummy feel yummy.

Step 8: Sparkle Words

Reread the storyCan you add sparkle wordsto make it more interesting?

Sparkle Words

http://jc-schools.net/write/Shining-Words.zip


BEFORE:My favorite food is macaroni.

My favorite food is Macaroni.

tastyAFTER:



BEFORE:I like it with lots of thick cheese.

AFTER:I like it with of

thick cheese.

tons


Step 8: words

Remember: Sparkle words make your story more interesting.

happy

delighted

Sparkle


Step 8: words

Remember: Sparkle words make your story more interesting.

big

enormous

Sparkle


Step 9: Rewrite Your Story.

My favorite food is tasty macaroni. It is so warm it melts in my mouth. I like it with tons of thick cheese. My grandmother makes the best gooey macaroni. Eating macaroni makes my tummy feel yummy.

Step 10: Edit Your StoryREREAD your work to make sure you have:

Stayed on the idea

Given your reasons

Used complete sentence

Begin each sentence with a capital letter

Include sparkle words

End each sentence with punctuation.

Have an ending sentence that tells how your feel.

Next Steps:

Take students through this lesson again, asking them to write about their own favorite food.

grades 1-2 four square writing. step 1: brainstorming writing situation: everyone has a favorite...

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favorite food

best gooey macaroni

paper slide

graphic organizer

cheese warm yummy gooey

square writing slide

thick cheese

sparkle words