Similes and Newspapers

Phew! Apologies for not updating the blog since the return from holidays. Despite the inactive blog, we certainly have been busy in grade 2 English!

I have put the popcorn sensory writing on the back burner (for now!) because the students were having so much fun in another activity. Each child was allowed to secretly choose one animal figurine and write three similes to describe it. Afterwards, they read their descriptive similes to the class and we had to guess the animal that they were describing. They did a great job with this activity and loved the mystery of it! Since then, we have started to examine the elements and characteristics of newspapers. We have learned certain newspaper terms such as headline, caption, byline and date line, as well as noticing how newspapers use different sized fonts and bolded letters in their headlines. Students are now writing personal narratives and will format them as their own newspaper article.

Have a great four day week!