Canadian Machines Story Starters Grades 7-8
EBR112406
$4.95 CAD
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6 story starters contain photographs to inspire students' creativity and knowledge pertaining to Canada's Machines.
Each story starter includes a photograph pertaining to an aspect place or activity seen in Canada, a blank word box, a blank line for the story's title, and a numbered blank lines for the story itself.
The photograph should be discussed, and keywords brainstormed and written in the word box.
The blank lines are numbered so that you may easily give students instructions on how long their creative writing piece should be. They may also be used for brainstorming ideas and sentences pertaining to the photograph. Sentences could then be edited, changed, and arranged in sequential order and in paragraphs to create a meaningful piece of writing on Canada.
Students may be given the Editing Checklist and Proofreaders' Marks either before or after writing a story. The checklist is a useful guide for proofreading their stories, and the chart of proofreaders' marks lists the commonly used symbols, or shorthand, and their meanings.