Pre Writing
Bayside Elementary, Stevensville, Maryland
Teacher: Christina Heckard
Hello everyone! The Chesapeake Bay is very important to our economy so we
decided to describe what a watermen's job is, since seafood is very important. We
went to see a clam and oyster workboat. The day we went the weather was sunny, cool, and
breezy. The list below describes the things we saw!
NOUNS:
boat named Henchman
engine
seaguls
workboat
oysters
vessel
shell
mussels
tong
water
patent tong
weather
bay
VERBS
screeching
talking
glided
rocked
motored
flew
reeked
ADJECTIVES
loud
growling
roaring
noisy
squawking
long as a limo
white, blue
wooden
old
squishy
black
slimy
stinky
circular
oval
rough
sharp
wet
salty
rippling
rushing
rapids
wavy
choppy
metal
giant claw
rusty
noisy
windy
clear, sunny
chilly, breezy
nippy
We look forward to now putting all this information together to beginour rough draft.
Your friends,
Mrs. Heckard's Class
Bayside Elementary
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