1. Ba-Da-Bing Where your feet went
What are the actions that go with the details provided?
What you saw
What did you see, taste, touch, or feel?
What you thought
What questions do you still have or what you are left wondering?
Next step, Ba-Da-Bing your paragraphs. We have to make our details stand out. Take the time and find one of your details to Ba-Da-Bing.
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2. Here is a boring sentence… My mom and I saw some students.
Let’s Try It!
Here is a boring sentence…
My mom and I saw some students.
Have teachers write this sentence on their own paper

3. Now…Let’s add some “Ba-Da-Bing!”

4. BA – What did your feet do?
Mom and I stepped out of our car and into the school parking lot.

5. DA – What did you see, hear, taste, touch, or feel?
The students were walking around in identical red shirts and the same khaki pants.

6. BING – What did you think?
I thought, “Oh, great. Uniforms are the last thing I want to wear.”

7. So the Ba-da-Bing would read…
Instead of: My mom and I saw some students.
Mom and I stepped out of our car and into the school parking lot. The students were walking around in identical red shirts and the same khaki pants. I thought, “Oh great, uniforms are the last thing I want to wear.”

9. Choose a “boring” or vague sentence from your essay and add some “BA-DA-BING”! Timer: 3-5 minutes, then share out!