Dead Verbs and Strong-Verb Paragraphs

This week, students will lay to rest the "dead verbs" that have dulled their writing. Students discovered how often they rely on these "dead verbs" when they highlighted them in their Fall Writing Samples. We will create epitaphs for the verbs and bury them. We will then create a Strong-Verb Paragraph Rubric as class and begin writing the four types of paragraphs: descriptive, persuasive, expository, and narrative. You can find a list of these dead verbs in the inside cover of your child's writing journal.