Have students generate as many different words to describe the observed object as possible. Using the descriptive words from the brainstorming web, place the words under the verb where they make sense and form a sentence in the classification tree. After the classification tree has been filled in using all adjectives, students can practice saying the sentences formed. Next the teacher can demonstrate how the sentence would be written. Younger students, in the earliest stages of writing, can copy a sentence or two and illustrate.
Older students can work to write three or more sentences of their own and illustrate.
After proofreading and editing, the sentences can be typed on a computer using any word processing program. In a later lesson, students and teacher can use a Venn diagram to compare the last object observed with a new object. Uses one or more of the following strategies to write literacy, informational, and practical text. Uses a prewriting activity such as drawing, brainstorming, or storyboarding with teacher support. Experiments with a variety of sentence patterns.