During the terrific writing workshop, he taught us two important rules to include in our drafts. The first rule Mr. Hogg introduced to the attentive students was "Writing is thinking." We practiced that rule by getting a good picture of something in our minds and then jotting our ideas on paper.
He mentioned that we should not worry about spelling in the first draft; instead, we should just focus on getting our ideas on paper. The second rule was "If you can think it, you can write it." He shared how important it was for us to write about things we know about. The idea of writing about a rocket ship is exciting, but if we don't know much about rockets, it's hard for us to write about them.
Near the end of the workshop, our guest invited one of our classmates to the front of the audience. He read what had been written and asked the apprehensive student many questions that helped him write a more detailed and descriptive piece. In the end, our fearless student felt excited because of all the details and ideas he walked away with in his writing notebook!
Thank you, Mr. Hogg, for visiting Sunnyland and for spending time with us and teaching us more about descriptive writing. Thanks to the Sunnyland PTA, too, for sponsoring this workshop. We returned to class feeling inspired to write spectacular stories.
Please Comment! What is something you learned from Mr. Hogg or something you will remember about his visit?
Dear Mr.Pahl,
ReplyDeleteThe day Gary Hogg came it was very cool.I liked it beacuse he inspered me to use discritive words.Insted of saying red I (you)would say blode red.He also menstioned that it might take longer but it makes it more interesting.
From,
Rockstar
Dear Mr.Pahl,
ReplyDeleteOne thing I learned from Mr.Hogg is to write with discriptive words and details in drafts like blue to midnight blue. He taught me not to worry so much about the rough draft. He showed me two rules about writing. "writing is thinking" and "if you can think it you can write it".
Sincerely,
Firewolf
Dear Mr.Pahl,
ReplyDeleteI have a question who took the pictures? I am happy you put this on the blog because when I told my mom and dad they thought I was nuts. From, Superstar
Dear Mr. Pahl,
ReplyDeleteI liked it when Mr. Hogg came and taught us how to write better writing. So now I know how to write better writing for the future. I hope he comes again and teaches us some other things so we can write even better.
From, Burgerpotpie
Dear Mr.Pahl,
ReplyDeleteI was blown away when I heard about Gary Hogg even more blown away when I heard he was coming to our school.The whole point of him coming was to tell us how important descriptive writing is.He told us to think about what we were gonna write about while he had a instrument that would make different kind of sounds.Thanks alot Gary Hogg for coming to our school.
Sincerely,
Woodchucker
Dear Mr. Pahl,
ReplyDeleteI really like when Mr. Hogg came to our school because he explained to us about writing. Also he had us write about something that had happened to us. And I will never forget that.
From,
Dragonstar
Dear Mr. Pahl,
ReplyDeleteThe day Gary Hogg visited our school I felt excited to see an author. When he came to our school our school he taught us that reading is thinking. He told us to write about our imagination.
From,
Genius
Dear Mr. Pahl,
ReplyDeleteI wasn't here when Mr. Hogg was here but I listen what you said about what he talked and I learned to use more delicious words and don't worry about spelling when you're just putting your ideas in paper.
From, Jenny
Dear Mr.Pahl,
ReplyDeleteI like what you wrote about Mr.Hogg’s visit. I hope Mr. Hogg can visit again.
Sincerely, Little Animal
Dear Mr.Pahl,
ReplyDeleteThe author that we met was really amazing. I am going to read his book called I Herd Of A Nerd Bird. I think it is a funny book to read. I got an autograph from Mr.Hogg. He is the best author!
From,
Pretty Princess
Dear Mr. Pahl,
ReplyDeleteI got a really good experience out of Mr. Hogg coming to our school. I think I’m going to become even a better writer because now I know how to use better delicious words in my writings. Another reason is because I know how to use more descriptive words.
From, Sillyband
Dear Mr.Pahl ,
ReplyDeleteI liked Gary Hogg coming. Because it way better when you say something with more descriptive words like the blood-red Corvette Stingray. Now I feel more confident with making more stories.
Sincerely,
Snake Eyes
Dear Mr. Pahl,
ReplyDeleteI liked Mr. Hoggs visit because of all the detailed words he tought us how to use. I really enjoyed the instrument that he played. I wrote that I thout it sounded like fog. Mr. Hogg gave me ideas for my writing.
from,
Bugman
Dear Mr.Pahl,
ReplyDeleteThat was a really fun experience for me because I think i can be a even better writer,with more delicious words and describtive words.
From,Sillyband