We have Carl Anderson coming to our school. He is the author of "How's It Going" and "Assessing Writers". We were having a conversation about voice. His suggestion was that the children add a reaction to what they have written. For example: a fact... Beavers build their dams and lodges using the same materials. Isn't that something! (This is a second grade example). I modeled taking facts from an encyclopedia. Then I modeled how I would write my draft. As I wrote the facts into sentences I added my voice (feelings, reactions, etc.) Of course we talked about not doing this too much but just enough to make ourselves come through. Hope this helps.
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