Create an Olympic Sport
This week for Paragraph a Week you get to be creative! You are to invent your own summer Olympic sport. Tell why it should become an Olympic sport. Explain what the sport is, how to play it, what equipment is needed, its rules, how to score, etc. Let your imagination soar, yet remain realistic as well. On the back of this sheet, begin a brainstorming activity such as a web or a list.
REMEMBER:
___ 1. 5-8 sentences
___ 2. topic sentence, detail sentences, concluding sentence
___ 3. five elements of good writing, focus on PURPOSE and IDEAS
___ 4. signature of adult who helped you proofread your draft for PRESENTATION
___ 5. all three papers stapled together with a neat final in ink on the top
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