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Strong Descriptive Writing: James and the Giant Peach Lesson PlanStrong Descriptive Writing: James and the Giant Peach Lesson Plan
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Strong Descriptive Writing: James and the Giant Peach

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Support your writers! Clear procedures and appropriate support make this a superb resource for elementary writing instruction. Ready your class to compose original descriptive paragraphs inspired by the episode in Roald Dahl's James and the Giant Peach when the adventure begins. A pre-writing worksheet and graphic organizer guides writers to start with strong details and engaging verbs. After writing a first draft, be sure to include the revision and response activity that uses Post-its. The link is provided with the other extension activities. 

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word choice, diction, verbs, parts of speech, james and the giant peach, roald dahl, vivid verbs, editing, prewriting

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descriptive writing techniques, james and the giant peach, roald dahl, diction, editing, strong verbs, verbs, word choice, writing response, pre-writing, show don't tell, showing writing, post-its, english language arts
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Grade
4th - 6th
Subjects
English Language Arts
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Duration
1 hr
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