Writing+Topic+Ideas

=Writing Topic Ideas:=
 * Feel free to give your reason for the topic-or any other information that you would like to share.**
 * 1) **My Pet Dog or Cat: Many students have pets of their own, and they love to play with these pets. Through their interaction with these pets, they may have something that they would like to write about and share with the class. mheathcock**
 * 2) **Decribe your favorite food: Many students have difficulties when writing a descriptive esay. I like to have my sudents write about their favorite food because it is easy to incorporate the five senses and use figurative language when describing food. For example onomatopoeia is easily used to describe the sound you hear when your food is cooking or being eaten and similes can be used to compare the taste, smell, look, or feel of the food to something else. KMiller**
 * 3) **I agree that descriptive writing can be a little difficult for Kindergartners, as well as other grade levels. So here is an idea that might work. When I taught Kindergarten, we wanted to write a letter describing a marshmallow to our friend that had never seen one before. To get started, I purchased and distributed a marshmallow to each one of my students before the writing lesson and allowed them to eat it. Next we completed a Five Sense Chart, how did the marshmallows feel, taste, smell, look, sound(can marshmallows talk?). Once the chart was completed, we discussed our results as a class, and practiced writng our letters(I do). The next day we reviewed the information again, and as a class, practice writing our letters(we do). The following day, the students wrote their letters (you do). During the writing process, the five senses chart remained displayed.S. Jackson**
 * 4) **The teacher can provide students with a topic sentence and ending sentence and ask students to write 3 detailed sentences to form a paragraph. The teacher can also provide students with a written paragraph in which the sentences are out of sequence and then ask students to rewrite the paragraph by arranging the sentences in a meaningful order. MNeslon**