"Monster" Paragraphs

We're continuing to practice writing organized three-point paragraphs in our class.  The first was a paragraph about a character - inspired by on our burial dig a couple of weeks ago.  The prewriting for the second paragraph was organized around a tobacco leaf, with students writing their three points on the veins of the leaf.  This third attempt is based on a "monster" each student envisioned after learning about the Piasa on the Mississippi River in the 17th century.

After learning about the "bird that devours men", students decorated their own monster face before describing other traits of their creature in paragraph form.

We've had some impressive work turned in on each of these paragraph projects, and I expect more on the next project.  If all goes as planned, the first part of that project will begin today.  This one will be a description of a location.  Stay tuned.