| These kids turn out some excellent writing, and I was so proud of it that I took over the unused bulletin board across the hall. Earlier in the week, we organized our writing by using the veins on some tobacco leaves. Students then used the three most important "veins" as the three supporting details in an organized paragraph. Considering some had very little concept of a paragraph when we began (not even understanding to indent the first line), they did a phenomenal job of neatly writing their final product on regular notebook paper. Tobacco is a harmful substance, but we used it to produce positive results in this project. The bulletin board looks pretty nice, as well! | |
