Mandala Writing

After drawing personal symbols to share who we are and what we like in our manadala art with Ms. Elder (not to mention learning about radial symmetry!), we then learned how to write a paragraph with Mrs. Jamroziak.

We did a rough draft on paper, typed them up, received feedback and worked to improve our topic sentence, supporting details and sentence structure!

Here are some of our stellar topic sentences!

When you think about a mandala, do you think about learning other people's ways of thinking? - Effie

My mandala is like a puzzle. Every piece you place you learn more about me. - Jackson

My mandala is like a tree and every leaf that falls teaches you about me! -Oliver

This mandala shows how unique I am. It's like everything hidden is revealed head to toe. A photo of me is made in your mind. - Cora

This mandala will be like a compass. It will guide you through my identity. - Oscar

This mandala is like a map leading you to a treasure but instead of money or gold it is the knowledge of who I am. - GH

1. What did you enjoy about writing your mandala paragraph?

• I liked sharing what I love. - Jackson
• I liked that it was a big project so we had a lot of drafts. - Wynn
• I enjoyed sharing my likes and it was the first time in a long time that I thought about what I liked. - GH
• I liked that we could write about the things we like and other stuff. - Oscar

2. Why do you feel proud of your mandala paragraph?

• I feel proud of my paragraph because I put a lot of hard work and it was challenging which was kind of fun! - Oliver
• i feel proud of it cuz i worked really really hard on it. im proud of everything I did in my paragraph. it was really hard. im proud of my hard work. - Fatima
• I think that i am proud of myself because i tried my hardest to feel good about what i did and i feel really proud of myself now. - Effie

3. What is a topic sentence? 

• A topic sentence is a sentence that tell you what the paragraph is about - Cora
• a topic sentence is the first sentence of a paragraph and it just describes what the entire paragraph in like 5 to 10 words one of its main purpose is to hook the reader. - EF

4. What are supporting details?

• Supporting details wipe the confusion from the reader's mind. - Kaira
• supporting details are details that follow the captains order and the captain is the topic sentence so supporting details are just following the topic sentences orders and supporting details are the crew. - Viaan