October Writing Folder

“Monster Month”

Due __________________

As you complete each activity, draw a line through the number.

1. Cover Activity: Be creative!

! On the inside, front cover, write a sentence describing a monster for every letter in the word MONSTER

EX. O An organized monster has a clean closet.

! On the front cover, draw a picture of the monster you described.

The following activities are to be completed on notebook paper (unless other wise stated) and placed in your writing folder. Be sure to number the activity!

2. Personal Narrative: Write ½ to 1 page on the topic below.

Write about a time you or someone you know behaved like a “monster.”

! PRE-WRITE: Web/cluster or list words, feelings/thoughts, activities, sights and sounds you associate with this topic.

! ROUGH DRAFT: Look at your pre-writing and begin to put these ideas into sentences and paragraphs.

! REVISE: Reread your rough draft—Does your writing make sense? Does your writing have interesting details and showing sentences? Make additions and changes where necessary.

! EDIT: Proofread your writing looking for spelling/punctuation mistakes and correct them.

! FINAL DRAFT: Neatly rewrite your personal narrative.

! Place your pre-writing, rough draft, and final draft in your folder.

3. Writing Technique: Metaphors

Metaphors, like similes, compare objects or ideas. However, metaphors do not use the words like or as. EX. Simile: My brother acts like a monster.

EX. Metaphor: My brother is a monster.

! Read and complete the attached Creating Metaphors page. Be sure to do all 3 activities.

4. Poetry: Onomatopoeia

Read the attached Onomatopoeia poetry sheet and write your own onomatopoeia poem.

! Choose a topic—monsters, autumn, Halloween subjects—your choice.

! Web or cluster ideas and words about your topic

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! Write a poem of at least 10 lines—be sure to include onomatopoeia!

! Creatively display your poem—use unlined paper.

5. Any thing but . . . :Word Usage:

! List 12 words you could use instead of “big.” EX. monstrous

6. Paragraph

! Write a paragraph with at least 6 sentences about what happened at Madeline Monster’s birthday party. Underline your topic sentence. Be sure your detail sentences support the topic sentence.

7. Mad Libs: Parts of Speech

! Complete the attached A Spooky, Scary, Slimy, Story Mad Lib sheet. Have fun and don’t cheat!

8. Listing: Monster Beauty Tips

! Write 6 sentences that offer beauty tips for monsters. Have fun with this—monster beauty is different from people beauty!

9. Lonely Monster Seeks a Friend

! Write an advertisement to put in the personal column “Lonely Monster Needs Companion”

10. Monster Café

! Think about what a monster would like to eat and create a menu to be used at the “Monster Café.”

! Include appetizers, entrées (main dishes), and desserts.

! Illustrate your menu.

11. Strangers in the Night

! Write 10 words that would describe how you felt if you met a monster on a dark, rainy night.

12. Word Play: Look It Up!

! Answer the following questions.

! Then look up the bold word(s) to see if your answer was correct.

! Explain why or why not your answer was correct.

a. Could a gargoyle gargle?

b. Would a hungry monster have a maw?

c. Which is more sanguinary a vampire or a veranda?

d. Is Cookie Monster voracious?

e. Does Frankenstein have finesse?