We're going to be starting our NEW writing unit soon: Authors as Mentors. During this unit, we write in the style of Ezra Jack Keats .
- CAPITAL LETTERS
- sound words (Ouch! Moo. Squeak!)
- dialogue ("Happy birthday, Magneto," he sang.)
- ellipses ... (He went up the hill...and down the hill...and up the hill...and down the hill.)
- dashes (s-t-r-e-t-c-h)
Read along with me to two books by Ezra Jack Keats: