Focus: How can we bring more life to our stories?
Objective: Students will use details strategically to enhance a story.
1. We compared these examples and discussed the importance of showing rather than just telling.
2. We used these pictures to practice describing sensory details.
3. We compared these examples and discussed how we set the mood in a scene with the details we focus on.
4. Writers Notebook #49
5. We worked individually on improving the drafts of our personal stories.
Homework: Bring a hard copy of your story draft.
Objective: Students will use details strategically to enhance a story.
1. We compared these examples and discussed the importance of showing rather than just telling.
2. We used these pictures to practice describing sensory details.
3. We compared these examples and discussed how we set the mood in a scene with the details we focus on.
4. Writers Notebook #49
5. We worked individually on improving the drafts of our personal stories.
Homework: Bring a hard copy of your story draft.