Writing about your students in a positive way...

During the "Writing in Our Diverse Schools" training.  We were required to write about a student's writing by only using positive words.  I thought about how important it is to focus on the positive aspects of a student in order to help them reach their goals.  I created a lesson on adjectives, synonyms, verbs, and proper nouns.  I wrote about each student by using different parts of speech to model identifying parts of speech.  I also want to give a special thanks to April Sommer for  inspiring me as a a writer.  She has a goal of writing a poem about every student in her class! Even if our students have not learned how to demonstrate these character qualities, our words are so powerful!  For the students that sometimes give me a challenge, a display of these positive words will give me a reminder.:) Click on the link to view the printable.
Teacher shaping student identity using parts of speech

*Special Note

If you haven't gotten a chance to read "The Power of Our Words" Check it out!