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Writing Skill 7

“I use my personal style to make my writing unique.”

Good writers leave an impression on their audience. They play with technique and literacy devices to develop their individual writing style.

Header-Writing-Activities

  • Evoking Emotion
  • Free Write
  • Great First Lines
  • Little Feelings Book
  • Poetry With a Purpose
  • Visceral Poems
  • Words for Wordless
  • Write Like a Writer
  • Writing in a Role: The Pitch

Header-Reading-Writing-Connect-Activities-2Primary
  • 12 Ways to Get to 11
  • My Blue Is Happy
  • One Is a Snail Ten Is a Crab
  • You Call That Brave?
  • You’ve Got Dragons
Intermediate
  • Chalk
  • Chalk (Craie)
  • Mr. Hiroshi’s Garden
  • Shi-shi-etko
  • Sparrow Girl
  • Une Figue de Rêve
Secondary
  • Les mystères de Harris Burdick
  • The Mysteries of Harris Burdick
  • We Are All Born Free

coaching phrases
"How can you make your writing reflect who you are?"

"What can you do to make your thoughts and feelings shine through your words?"

"Does your personal style come across in your writing?"

"What will your readers sense about you as they read this?"

"Is your writing distinctive?"

"Can the reader hear your voice?"

assessment
Look for original ideas and emotional impact. The writing should be striking.

Look for clear, natural and appropriate style.

Look for a lively and energetic tone.

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