Monday, March 30, 2015

Show (don't tell) 2

Here is the second video of our examples of using the writing technique, show (don't tell). See if you can guess what feeling we are describing before the time runs out. 




Sunday, March 29, 2015

Show (don't tell)

Here is a video we made of our examples using show (don't tell). Can you guess what feelings we are describing? 



Monday, March 23, 2015

Poetic Writing

Last week, we used our character descriptions to write poems. Here are poems by Linda, Maleehah and Shayal.







Sunday, March 22, 2015

100 WC #26

Here are our responses to last week's 100 Word Challenge. The prompt was, as they turned the corner. The learners in the Writing Club have come up with some very creative pieces of writing. 

Sunday, March 15, 2015

Subordinating Conjunctions

Here are some slides we have made that show how to use subordinating conjunctions in complex sentences.


Thursday, March 12, 2015

Monday, March 9, 2015

The Haunted Couch

Armann has used iMovie to publish his 100 WC story about a haunted couch.

Friday, March 6, 2015

The First Couch

David has used iMovie to publish the story he wrote for the 100 Word Challenge. His story is about the first couch that every came into existence and was discovered inside a dinosaur!




Wednesday, March 4, 2015

Creating Complex Sentences

Here is a video that further explains the concept of complex sentences.


Check out this picture:


Which sentence is a complex sentence?

A: The balloons are lifting the house high up into the sky.
B: When the balloons popped, the house descended to the ground. 

Can you rearrange the complex sentence so that the dependent clause is at the end?
Can you think of a complex sentence for this picture?


Monday, March 2, 2015

Simple, Compound and Complex Sentences

Hey guys, today we will be looking at complex sentences. I found this great video that explains simple, compound and complex sentences in a way that is easy to understand.