Halloween Activity

For English this week you are to make a list of as many activities as you can think of that are connected with Halloween. Write them on the back of this paper. Look at your list and then choose one of the activities. On a separate sheet of paper, make a list of all the words you can that describe that one activity. Using some of these words, describe the one Halloween activity you have chosen in a good paragraph. You may write your rough draft on the same paper as your word list. Remember, a good paragraph will have a topic sentence which will catch the interest of the reader. It will often have from four to six sentences which support the topic sentence.
REMEMBER:
___ 5-8 sentences, including a topic and concluding sentence
___ five elements of good writing; focus on IDEAS
___ clearly reworked rough draft
___ final is neat and written in ink
___ signature of adult who helped you proofread your work for content and PRESENTATION
___ all three papers stapled together with final on top

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