December gives children plenty to argue about and imagine: real trees or artificial ones, the best cookie, what goes on in Santa’s workshop. Each prompt sits in an organizer for its kind of writing, so children plan before they write. Every prompt can be imagined, so a child who does not keep Christmas can write each page too.
Six pages, each an organizer. Pages 1 and 2 are opinions: a real Christmas tree or an artificial one, and the best cookie to bake in December, each with an opinion, two reasons and an ending, and linking words to use. Page 3 is a how-to in four boxes, First, Next, Then and Last: decorate a tree or build a gingerbread house. Pages 4 and 5 plan two stories in a beginning, middle and end: a day as one of Santa’s elves, and a reindeer who loses the bell from its harness. Page 6 is an acrostic poem for REINDEER.
Model each organizer on the board with a prompt of your own first. Hold a class vote on real or artificial trees before page 1, then let children write for their side. After a story planner, children can write the finished story on lined paper and read it to a partner.
Bake cookies together, then write the steps as a how-to. Talk through the opinion prompts at dinner: everyone gives two reasons.
Christmas writing prompts with an organizer for each kind of writing. Children give opinions on trees and cookies, explain how to decorate a tree or build a gingerbread house, write two stories about Santa’s elves and reindeer and write an acrostic poem.
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