Four Square Writing

Choose a topic!

Write about…• Your favorite summer

vacation• Something you did on the

weekend• Your favorite hobby• Your family or friends

Next Step – Topic Sentence

Example:• My topic: Fun summer

memories• My topic sentence: I

have so much fun on summer vacation.

Next Step – 3 Supporting Sentences

• Supporting sentences relate to your topic

My supporting sentences:

1) I go to the beach with my family.

2) My sister and I swim in our pool.

3) I get to sleep later!

Last Step – Feeling Sentence

• Feeling sentence: (Topic) makes me feel (adjective) because______________.

To learn more about adjectives, lets sing along to this fun song!

Example

• My feeling sentence:Summer makes me feel great because I can spend time outside and relax.

Four Square Writing = Paragraph

My paragraph:I have so much fun on summer vacation. I go to the beach with my family. My sister and I swim in our pool. I get to sleep later! Summer makes me feel great because I can spend time outside and relax.

Writing Video

• Since we have a test on four square writing tomorrow, let’s watch this video about how to do well on a writing test, or any other tests!

ANY QUESTIONS?