Continuing our wordplay, we join C. S. Lewis in joisting with our own portmanteau of words. We finally finish with a found poem from the dictionary. Unlock the magic of words bouncing off each other and clinging to each other on a page. Learn how to hook words together to create a poem using scaffolding patterns, modeling and wordboxing to enhance and reinforce poetic language. Writing across the Curriculum Writing can be a powerful strategy for learning content.
Students are likely to learn more, understand it better and retain it longer.
As a bonus, writing skills are also likely to improve. Students will summarize, integrate, question the significance and retain concepts in a relaxed method of think-writing. By understanding weather phenomena, we develop a greater appreciation for literary images and how they add to our comprehension of the text. With increased understanding, we also nurture a capacity for our own creative writing which may include more vivid images and forms of expression. Writing about the weather, therefore, extends across the curriculum.