thoughts, words, sentences, - a vital part of the LEARNING JOURNEY

Playing with Words

Musings by Linda A.J. Johnson Jan 20. 2014

Sentences are made of words. Words supply endless variety of content for writing. Words are formed in our minds to make thoughts visible. We can only make our thoughts visible to the extent of our available words.

Reading and questioning and researching and note-taking  are important steps in expanding our supply of words – words that have meaning for us and add to our base of understanding.

Words are discrete elements that supply meaning only when arranged according to FORMS – in relationships (syntax) within a sentence. When words that name nouns (people, places, things, ) are placed by verbs (words that describe a state of being or an action) a sentence is born.

This noun-verb, kernel sentence (Ie. Dogs play.) can be expanded with other words that add details and grant deeper meaning to the reader; including adjectives, (brown dog), adverbs (is happily playing ), determiners, (a brown dog), prepositional phrases (in the backyard,) etc. (A brown dog is happily playing in the backyard.)

The writing process is a vital part of the Learning Journey. Our first goal is to learn how to write a well-crafted sentence because if we can write well-crafted sentences we can write anything!

Review the steps of The Learning Journey to review the importance of the writing process.