Chapters 4 and 5 of Crafting Writers

Through chapter 4 of Crafting Writers I read about the five main topics this chapter was split into: the five senses, show not tell, dialogue, sentence variety, and word choice. When I was reading the five senses section I had never thought of using my five senses to describe a certain situation. I found that to be a very unique way of describing. I found sentence variety and word choice to be a common way of spicing up a child’s writing and not as interesting as the five senses and dialogue. Dialogue seems to be a great way to bring the story or memory to life for young children. I think sentence variety and word choice wouldn’t be as exciting for a young child. In Chapter 5 it taught us how to teach children how to use punctuation. In the beginning it told us that children will use punctuation excessively when they are first learning. I have never thought of commas as a way to “pack more ideas into one sentence”.