Monday, October 25, 2010
Wednesday, October 13, 2010
Context Clues Challenge #1
Create sentences with 3 "fake words" using context clues that will allow students to understand the meaning of your "fake word".
Example: "The flabbergasteroid was so slow, we couldn't buy a snow cone and had to go home. I hope they get that machine fixed soon." Meaning: Snow Cone Machine
Example: "The flabbergasteroid was so slow, we couldn't buy a snow cone and had to go home. I hope they get that machine fixed soon." Meaning: Snow Cone Machine
Monday, October 11, 2010
Ghostwriters Are Back For Season #3
Welcome to the 2010-2011 version of the Ghostwriters of Corbell. Mr. Anderson's 3rd Grade class is once again at it; writing class poetry, reading response journal entries, solving literary challenges, and more.
Please be sure to check back to see what kind of special talents reside in Room #410 this year. Oh...and don't be surprised if you see a visit from one of the old ghostwriters who have since moved on to bigger desks and longer papers.
Have a great school year!
Senior Ghostwriter
Please be sure to check back to see what kind of special talents reside in Room #410 this year. Oh...and don't be surprised if you see a visit from one of the old ghostwriters who have since moved on to bigger desks and longer papers.
Have a great school year!
Senior Ghostwriter
Sunday, August 23, 2009
Ghostwriter's Sophomore Season
Ladies and Gents,
I want to welcome you to the 2nd Edition of Ghostwriters of Corbell. I am super excited to not only take these new ghostwriters to places they have never been, but also to allow my original ghostwriters an opportunity to share insight on what made them great 3rd Grade Writers. Please check back regularly to see what great things this green bunch of literary artisans are learning.
There will be word choice challenges, original poetry by students in Mr. Anderson's 3rd grade class, book studies, sentence stretching contests, and more. Based upon the story of the "Freedom Writers" of California, Mr. Chris Anderson hopes to motivate a second group of writers to take chances in their prose.
I can't wait to see what we come up with this year!!! ENJOY!
I want to welcome you to the 2nd Edition of Ghostwriters of Corbell. I am super excited to not only take these new ghostwriters to places they have never been, but also to allow my original ghostwriters an opportunity to share insight on what made them great 3rd Grade Writers. Please check back regularly to see what great things this green bunch of literary artisans are learning.
There will be word choice challenges, original poetry by students in Mr. Anderson's 3rd grade class, book studies, sentence stretching contests, and more. Based upon the story of the "Freedom Writers" of California, Mr. Chris Anderson hopes to motivate a second group of writers to take chances in their prose.
I can't wait to see what we come up with this year!!! ENJOY!
Friday, November 21, 2008
Ghostwriters of Corbell Established Nov. 2008
Ghostwriters of Corbell is a trial program started by the 3rd Grade Classroom of Chris Anderson at Corbell Elementary School in Frisco, TX. Based loosely on the Freedom Writers out of California (www.freedomwritersfoundation.com) Mr. Anderson's students are advised to write anonymous journal entries based on random writing prompts and to respond to those entries published by fellow classmates. Please check back peridocally to see what these writing tenderfoots contribute from week to week. Due to the focus of our instruction, I am asking that only original "Ghostwriters of Corbell" members respond to the blog. If you have questions or comments, please e-mail Chris Anderson at andersoc@friscoisd.org .
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