Journal Writing Writing prompt on the board Write for 5 minutes It won’t be graded on spelling, punctuation, or grammar Write your thoughts freely!

Thought of the day Don’t cry because it is over. Smile because it happened.

If I could change one thing about school I would change………….

Four-step summary paragraph Good Summary: Begins with a clear; direct topic sentence that identifies the text’s main idea Contains key facts to support the topic sentence May use transitions, but usually does not need them Does not need a formal conclusion

Phoebe and the Spelling Bee Barney Saltzberg in his book Phoebe and the Spelling Bee describes what happens when Phoebe decides to learn her spelling words in an unusual way. The story starts when Ms. Ravioli tells the class that there will be a spelling bee on Friday. Phoebe hates spelling. Her friend Katie is a great speller. Instead of studying, Phoebe plays around. Katie tries to help her, but Phoebe just pretends that she has the flu.

Story cont…….. When Phoebe hurts Katie’s feelings, she feels bad. Phoebe wants to show Katie that she wants to be a friend, so she makes up games to help her learn to spell the words. Phoebe is clever and learns almost all the words. At the end of the story Katie wins the spelling bee, but Phoebe gets a prize for being clever.

Writing Summaries STEP 1: Select a verb Finish though Identify the Item. Describes what happen Barney Saltzberg in when Phoeb His book Phoebe decides to And the Spelling learn her Bee spelling word in an unusual way.

STEP 2 Copy the sentence so it looks like a real sentence. Fix spelling and capitalization errors. Barney Saltzberg in his book Phoebe and the Spelling Bee describes to learn her spelling words in an unusual way.

STEP 3 Create a fact outline. ---- Friday Spelling Bee ----Katie -----not studying -----hurts a friend -----a clever idea

STEP 4 Use your fact outline to write the summary paragraph.

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