OUR OTHER BLOGS PART 1: WRITING BLOG

Since the first day of Year Two, we've been posting to our writing blog, the 2M Writing Gems.

It's been a place for us to learn how to post and comment as we share our writing with others and one of the coolest things to happen is that some of our parents are posting to the writing blog too!

Our writing blog is a place where we can independently post about whatever we choose. Our posts to this blog are like 'first drafts'.

As we are writing and before we publish, we focus on the CUPS.

The CUPS are-

C - is for capitals. Do I have a capital to start my sentences and for the names of people, places and thin

gs

U- is for understanding. Does my writing make sense?

P-is for punctuation. Have I used my full stops, commas, exclamation marks,

question marks or speech marks?

S-is for spelling. Are all my words spelt correctly on my post?

At the moment, our posts to the writing blog are mainly recounts but as we learn about other text types like narratives, descriptions, opinions and explanations, we will be attempting them as well.

We'd LOVE for you to encourage us with our writing, so please visit our Writing Blog often and leave comments that will help us become better writers.

MORE POETRY

Our adventure with poetry continues.
Now we are investigating ACROSTIC poems.


ACROSTIC poems are poems that use the letters of the topic word to start each line.
All the lines of the poem have to describe the topic.


Like a Diamante poem, an ACROSTIC poem does not rhyme.
As we have been taking part in the Monster Project, we all chose 'monster' as the topic of our acrostic poems.


Here's Keely's poem-

Monster teeth that can break a bone

On the move, it's very fast

Never stop eating people

Scares the people all the time

Terrifyingly large claws

Every one is frightened by him

Roars so loud it hurts your ears.

and here's Tom's poem-




Monstrous claws

Out and about all night

No-one knows him

Scares everyone he sees

Terrifying teeth as sharp as swords

Everyone hides from him

Runs like a cheetah.




Have you tried writing ACROSTIC poems?
What topic might you choose?


If you would like to know more about ACROSTIC poems and try writing one, head over to READ, WRITE, THINK.

OUR WRITING BLOG

This is a guest post written by Lara on behalf of the GEMS.

We created a writing blog for us to share our writing with others and teach us how to post. Our blog is called 2m Writing Gems.

This blog helps us open up our writing to others around the world. It also helps us to improve our writing and get quicker with our typing.

As we are writing and before we publish, we focus on the CUPS.

The CUPS are-

C - is for capitals. Do I have a capital to start my sentences and for the names of people, places and things

U- is for understanding. Does my writing make sense?

P-is for punctuation. Have I used my full stops, commas, exclamation marks,

question marks or speech marks?

S-is for spelling. Are all my words spelt correctly on my post?

At the moment, we are writing recounts but later on in the year, we will be attempting other text types like stories, descriptions, opinions and explanations.

We'd LOVE for you to encourage us with our writing so please visit our Writing Blog often and leave comments that will help us become better writers.

OUR WRITING BLOG

Today we created another blog - our WRITING blog!

Our writing blog is a space where we write independently and where we choose what we'd like to write about.


It's a blog for first drafts, a space where our writing will NOT be corrected by Mrs M.
Each day, some of the Gems will add to the writing blog.


We're sure you'll see a huge growth in our awareness of grammar, spelling patterns, print conventions and text types throughout the year.

Please head over to our 2M Writing Gems blog and tell us what you think about the clever things we are doing in our writing. Your comments will help us improve.