Adding Details

In this activity, students will practice their revision skills by adding details to make a story come to life and then rewriting their new and improved story.

Encourage them to use descriptive details!

Partners should identify at least three parts in the narrative where three descriptive details could be added.

Have students use this handy writing tool to help them make their writing as strong as can be as they check for correct spelling, use of details, neatness, and more!

Use this handy worksheet to help your students (and you!) keep track of their writing goals. Refer to the goals during writing workshop conferences, and be sure to have students add to them and revise them as needed.

...Kids will learn basic sentence structure as they add more details and clauses to their original sentence....

...He'll add clauses and details to the original sentence until it tells a clear story, with the who, what, when and where!...