3/28 - Writer's Workshop
By Diana Yousfi
Last updated about 6 years ago
9 Questions
Note from the author:
This is part of a unit on writing narrative endings to prepare students for MCAS 2.0/PARCC where they will be asked to either write an additional scene in a story or complete the story.
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Directions: Please read the learning targets for today.
What do you think you will learn today?
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Remember our Language from yesterday? Pick 2 phrases that you are going to try to use when you write your story today? Write them here.
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Directions: Read the story. After you finish, you will write an ending. As you read, be thinking about what could happen next and what the characters could learn.
*If you want to listen to the story, click here.
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Directions: Use the story map to help you plan your writing. Read the first 3 boxes that are filled out for you.
*DO NOT WRITE IN THIS BOX.
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Describe the falling action.
1) What things happen to start to fix the problem? (What does Sarah do and say?)
2) How does the problem get fixed?
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Describe the conclusion. How does the story end? What did the characters learn?
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Use your story map to try writing an ending to the story. Use complete sentences. Remember to try some of the language you picked in question 2.
*You may talk to another student to get ideas.