Keeping

Your FocusWhile

writing

Mary SeidlerECEL 3220

Dr. Kitty BrandtUCM

Mary SeidlerECEL 3220

Dr. Kitty BrandtUCM

6+1 Trait:Ideas

Boy am I glad you super writers are here

today. Our arch enemy, Dr. DeFocuswas at it again, and a story here in town went bonkers. First, we’re going to HQ to get caught up on DeFocus. Second we’ll watch some footage that we recovered from the scene.

Dr. DeFocusDr. DeFocus

Villain File # 352QZA$Villain File # 352QZA$

•Get’s writers distracted with details that do not pertain to the story at hand.•Gets writers on bunny trails•Fills the minds of writers with too many good ideas.•Causes stories to go overboard and create paper creatures that take over classrooms.

•Get’s writers distracted with details that do not pertain to the story at hand.•Gets writers on bunny trails•Fills the minds of writers with too many good ideas.•Causes stories to go overboard and create paper creatures that take over classrooms.

I’m supposed to write about my trip

to grandma’s. Hmmm…that was a

good trip.

I’m supposed to write about my trip

to grandma’s. Hmmm…that was a

good trip.

Something’s weird…

My mind is starting to be filled with way

too many ideas!!

Something’s weird…

My mind is starting to be filled with way

too many ideas!!

So many ideas, and I don’t want to let them go!

I’ll just write down every

detail so Mrs. Jones knows all about the trip!

Helped

grandma

with the

APPLE

PIE

Disneyland,

Beaches,

Hotels, pools

Ate so

much

food

4th of July BBQ with Uncle Rick! It was so much fun!

Went to Texas, California,,New York,Vermont,D.C., Canada, Oregon

Woke up

and

watched

TV then I

played

with the

kids next

door

Climbed

every

TREE

Whoa super writers. See what I mean? Looks like the work of “One Eyed Kitty.” That’s Dr.

DeFocuses hunchcat. When it comes to writing a story, we need to keep it simple and to the point. Otherwise, stories

can take on a life of their own.

Yah, supa dude. As a super writer, you will need to stay focused on the main

idea from beginning to end. Otherwise, you may loose your readers. Or even

worse, write a really, really long story dat is boring. It becomes like a bad science

experiment.

Unfocused Paper Turns Into

Threat to City

Billy Miller was asked to write a page or less about what he did for

his summer vacation in 2007. Unfortunately, Billy hadn’t learned

yet to stick to the main points of his story, and the pages began to

accumulate. Witnesses say that the pages kept growing and

growing. Finally due to the lack of focus and the exorbitant amount

of details, the story exploded. The details only increased as Billy

remembered all the fun things he did at camp, at the beach, and all

the food he ate since school got over last May. One witness, who

wishes to remain anonymous, stated after the papers exploded this

paper creature immerged.

His teacher Miss Seidler, told Metro News, “I have never seen

anything like this before in my classroom. If he had just stuck to the

main points of his story, it would have been short and to the point.”

Unfortunately, the paper creature is now roam freely at all the

places in Kansas City, Missouri where Billy wrote about. Luckily

for the KCPD, they feel they can crack this case. Detective

Mahoney had this to say, “ we’ve seen this before in the metro. It

won’t be fun to have to follow this monster around though. Wish

the kid wrote a short story.”

KCPD states they should apprehend the creature shortly and

plan on dousing it with water since it’s made of paper.

METRO NEWS

Here is my formula for a super focused paper:1.Start with a focused topic2.Brainstorm ideas on that topic3.Pick ideas from your brainstorming that are relevent to your topic.4.Organize your story with a beginning, middle, and ending sections

Every super hero needs to be able to tell how they saved the day. You never know when you’ll be interviewed by the press.

What would happen if a super hero told all the details and ideas of their day, instead of just the main points of the battle?

See what I mean? Super Chick could have gone on and on. That would have been a long story. She just needed to give the main points of her story to the news reporter, because that’s all they needed.

To be a super writer we have to stay SUPER FOCUSED!

Let’s practice with some writing activities.

Good Luck super writers!