Students work together in small groups to read, discuss, and analyze fairy …
Students work together in small groups to read, discuss, and analyze fairy tales. After compiling a list of common elements, students collaborate on their own original fairy tales—based on events from their own lives or the lives of someone they know. Each student decides what kind of experience to write about, composes and revises a fairy tale, and then presents their story to the rest of the class.
In this lesson, students analyze and discuss familiar superheroes and super-villains to …
In this lesson, students analyze and discuss familiar superheroes and super-villains to expand their understanding of character types and conventions. Then students consider social issues that confront their everyday reality and respond by incorporating those issues into the creation of their own superheroes or super-villains as well as the settings the superheroes or super-villains operate in.
In this lesson, students prepare for their performance task, their own hero's …
In this lesson, students prepare for their performance task, their own hero's journey narrative, by revisiting the informational text, The Hero's Journey and using it to deconstruct the hero's journey of the main character in The Lightning Thief.
In this lesson, students use the informational text “The Hero’s Journey” to …
In this lesson, students use the informational text “The Hero’s Journey” to justify their plan for their own narrative as fitting the archetypal pattern of a hero’s journey.
In this lesson, students closely examine the “experience” or “event” in the …
In this lesson, students closely examine the “experience” or “event” in the narrative models. Students use the Narrative of Adversity Plan Part II graphic organizer to scaffold their thinking and the writing process.
In this lesson, students use Chris Val Allsburg's "Polar Express" as a …
In this lesson, students use Chris Val Allsburg's "Polar Express" as a writing prompt to create a holiday story while working in cooperative learning groups.
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