Writing Endings – wish or promise endings – Deb

Writing Endings - wish or promise endings - Deb

by Marsha/ga/1st

Jan 23, 2008

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Deb (or anyone else)
I think I remember helping young writers write stronger
endings using a "wish or promise." Can you please give some
insight or teaching strategies for this? Thanks

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Debra Renner Smith 'deb' /blockquote>

On 1/23/08, Marsha/ga/1st wrote:
> Deb (or anyone else)
> I think I remember helping young writers write stronger
> endings using a "wish or promise." Can you please give
some
> insight or teaching strategies for this? Thanks

If you read the endings of really good picture books (I read...See More

Jan 25, 2008

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Marsha/ga/1st /blockquote>

On 1/25/08, Debra Renner Smith 'deb' wrote:
> On 1/23/08, Marsha/ga/1st wrote:
>> Deb (or anyone else)
>> I think I remember helping young writers write stronger
>> endings using a "wish or promise." Can you please give
> some
>> insight or teaching strategies for this? Th...See More

Jan 26, 2008

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deb /blockquote>

> Thanks Deb! That's it. I just finished reading My Father's
> Dragon and we did a lot of comprehension and writing activities
> with this. My first graders are writing pretty good beginnings
> now. Middles are fine too but then they write "the end" and
> leave the reader guessing. This is just wh...See More

Jan 27, 2008

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sj/1st /blockquote>

Thank you, Deb for the suggestions on endings.
Thank you to the individual who took the time to post a request
to further explanation.

This is an excellent example of why I continue to visit this site.
sj/1st

Feb 8, 2008

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deb and Debra Renner Smith :) /blockquote>

On 2/08/08, sj/1st wrote:
> Thank you, Deb for the suggestions on endings.
> Thank you to the individual who took the time to post a request
> to further explanation.
>
> This is an excellent example of why I continue to visit this
site.
> sj/1st

Feb 8, 2008

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