1. Grades 1-2 Four Square Writing

2. Step 1: Brainstorming Writing Situation: Everyone has a favorite food. Think about this for a moment! What is your favorite food? Why do you like it? Directions for Writing: We are going to write a story about our favorite food. We will use exciting details, and colorful words in our make our story interesting.

3. Step 2: Think about it. Think about your favorite food. Why do you like it? What does it taste like? When do you get to eat your favorite food? How does it make you feel when you eat your favorite food?

4. Step 3: Prepare the graphic organizer. Now we will fold our paper into 4 squares.

5. Step 4: Complete the center box. Unfold the paper and draw a box in the center. In the center box. Let’s write a sentence to begin our story. My favorite food is macaroni.

6. Step 5: Build a word bank. Let’s think of some words that we might use when we talk about macaroni. My favorite food is macaroni. cheese warm yummy gooey

7. Step 5: Build a word bank. Can you think of more words that we might need to use when we talk about macaroni? My favorite food is macaroni.

8. Step 6: Complete the graphic organizer. Think of something you could tell about macaroni using a word from the word bank. Write that sentence in the first box. My favorite food is macaroni.

9. Step 3: Complete the graphic organizer. Write a sentence to tell about macaroni. My favorite food is macaroni.

10. Step 3: Complete the graphic organizer. It is so warm it melts in my mouth. My favorite food is macaroni.

11. Step 3: Complete the graphic organizer. It is so warm it melts in my mouth. My favorite food is macaroni. Write another sentence to tell about macaroni.

12. Step 3: Complete the graphic organizer. It is so warm it melts in my mouth. My favorite food is macaroni. I like it with lots of thick cheese.

13. Step 3: Complete the graphic organizer. It is so warm it melts in my mouth. My favorite food is macaroni. I like it with lots of thick cheese. Write another sentence to tell about macaroni.

14. Step 3: Complete the graphic organizer. It is so warm it melts in my mouth. My favorite food is macaroni. I like it with lots of thick cheese. My grandmother makes the best gooey macaroni.

15. Step 3: Complete the graphic organizer. It is so warm it melts in my mouth. My favorite food is macaroni. I like it with lots of thick cheese. My grandmother makes the best gooey macaroni. Write a feeling sentence about macaroni.

16. Step 3: Complete the graphic organizer. It is so warm it melts in my mouth. My favorite food is macaroni. I like it with lots of thick cheese. My grandmother makes the best gooey macaroni. Eating macaroni makes my tummy feel yummy.

17. Step 7: From the Four Square to paper

18. Step 7: From the graphic organizer to the paper. My favorite food is macaroni. It is so warm it melts in my mouth. I like it with lots of thick cheese. My grandmother makes the best gooey macaroni. Eating macaroni makes my tummy feel yummy.

19. Step 8: Sparkle Words Reread the story Can you add sparkle words to make it more interesting? Sparkle Words

20. Step 8: Sparkle Words BEFORE: My favorite food is macaroni. My favorite food is Macaroni. tasty AFTER:

21. Step 8: Sparkle Words BEFORE: I like it with lots of thick cheese. AFTER: I like it with of thick cheese. tons

22. Step 8: words Remember: Sparkle words make your story more interesting. happy delighted Sparkle

23. Step 8: words Remember: Sparkle words make your story more interesting. big enormous Sparkle

24. Step 9: Rewrite Your Story. My favorite food is tasty macaroni. It is so warm it melts in my mouth. I like it with tons of thick cheese. My grandmother makes the best gooey macaroni. Eating macaroni makes my tummy feel yummy.

25. Step 10: Edit Your Story REREAD your work to make sure you have: Stayed on the idea Given your reasons Used complete sentence Begin each sentence with a capital letter Include sparkle words End each sentence with punctuation. Have an ending sentence that tells how your feel.

26. Next Steps: Take students through this lesson again, asking them to write about their own favorite food.