How to respond to a quotation: English Writing Lesson

 Repond to a Quote: 

First: Write the quote on the top of the page

Second: Restate the quote in your own words: 

Third:  Write a few different examples from your life that the quote reminds you of.

Look at the example above. 

Fourth: Write a first draft! 

Good luck. 

If you want me to correct your writing, write it in the comments below: 

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Rachael Alice Your English Teacher:   Rachael Alice on Italki.com

Finish the Story worksheet - English writing practice

This worksheet is so much fun!  It is perfect for this time of year, now that in some places it is beginning to get cold and snowy.  Well, here in Israel we never know if it will snow, last year we had three snowstorms, in December and in January, so now that it is at the beginning of December, you never know.  So this can help you plan for those snow days.

In this worksheet, students are given the first paragraph of the story, and they have to finish it.

A lot of fun!  http://englishforeveryone.org/PDFs/Finish%20the%20Story%20-%20The%20Snow%20Day.pdf

How to start your writing

Oftentimes when faced with a blank piece of paper, or more accurately a new file blank word document, people go blank.  It's scary.  I have lots of ideas, but how to start?  Aren't there any prompts that can be used?

Well yes, there are.

These examples can be used when starting any kind of writing, a short story, diary entry, a blog post, a novel, and a newspaper article.  

Use this worksheet to come up with some example starting sentences. 

http://www.education.com/download/worksheet/62631/writing-workshop-good-beginning-sentence.pdf 

Now that you have done this worksheet, 

Write your own: 

1. ______________________________________

2.______________________________________

3.______________________________________

4.______________________________________

5.______________________________________

\Lesson Plan by Rachael Alice Orbach - English teacher 

How to use similie and metaphor in your writing

Similes and Metaphors really spice up your writing.  These are ways that you can compare one thing to another in a very graphic and imaginative way.  Yes there are some similes that are idioms now, "She is as quiet as a mouse." Or He runs as fast as a horse."  But with some practice, you can make up your own and make your writing very interesting!

A real mouse is maybe not so quiet? 

Here is a worksheet that I have used in class.   http://www.education.com/download/worksheet/107309/simile-and-metaphor.pdf

After you have done this worksheet, write your own similes and metaphors here: 

1. _________________________________________

2._________________________________________

3._________________________________________

4,_________________________________________

5,_________________________________________

Lesson Plan by Rachael Alice  - English Teacher