Creative Writing

Hannah has begun to appreciate the fun of creative writing. I am amazed at the improvement in her journal entries since the beginning of this year. Her first journal about roller coasters had no punctuation, poor spelling, and few spaces between words. I can really see how her grasp of the written language has blossomed over the past few months.

In this first entry, she wrote about our trip to Apple Hill Orchard:


She wrote, "One day we went to apple hill. there where no apples. we ran in the grass. and we aete cider pops." Translation: "One day, we went to Apple Hill. There were no apples. We ran in the grass, and we ate cider pops." Not bad at all! In case the picture is difficult to decipher, she drew a sunny day, a tan cider pop, a tree with a large trunk and an apple crossed off, and apples all over the ground under the tree!

Her next creative writing assignment came from School Zone's Big Second Grade Workbook. We talked about superheroes like Spider Man and Super Man and then brainstormed together about what kind of superhero she would like to create. I helped her with spelling for this activity, but this is what we invented (click on the picture to see it larger):


For her next project, I think I will work with her to write down one of the many fantastic stories she makes up while playing, and I will print it on cardstock so she can write and illustrate her own book.