Teaching a Grade 6 kid how to engage a reader can be a real challenge. Max W.'s writing is very dull and formulaic. I showed him a few tricks of the trade: start with a joke, ask a question, a vivid anecdote. All he could come up with was:
Max: I liked the book Harry Potter.
Me: That is a very boring sentence.
Max: I liked the book Harry Potter!!
Ahh, the power of the exclamation. Wait, let me rephrase. Ahh, the power of the exclamation!
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