"Tell Me a Dragon" is the title of a beautiful book by Jackie Morris. Using descriptive language the author manages to paint pictures with her words allowing the reader to visualize a variety of dragons. Each school year, I use the book as inspiration for one of my favourite writing activities. After listening to the story, students draw their dragon and talk about it with a peer. By the time the children finally put pencil to paper they have a clear vision of what their dragon looks like and they simply can't wait to write! Having invested so much time and effort in their dragons the students were so proud of their work I typed it up so that we could make a class book. A copy of each student's writing is below. Comments are closed.
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August 2019
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