details

We are working on adding more details to our stories during writers workshop.  Most kids at this age tell the most important thing and leave out all the details.  We discussed how good authors don't just tell the basics.  They go in to depth describing the events and details in more than one sentence.  We compared the short stories I wrote and noticed that the one with more details about the day out with my friend was much more interesting than the one I wrote about just meeting up with a friend.