4th Grade Writers in Action
Posted by Karen EngelkeGrade 4 worked hard to create their first piece of writing for the school year. The first part of the process invited children to “live like writers” and collect many small moment stories and ideas in their writer’s notebook. Students used story mountains to plan out ideas and then they rehearsed their ideas through oral storytelling with partners to help see where their story is going to go before sitting down to write it. Then, students focused on developing the characters in their story, including his/her motivations, struggles, and so on. Students focused on their story arc to get to the heart of the story. Fiction stories create scenes rather than summarize, so students were encouraged to ‘show don’t tell’. Finally students were asked to focus on revision as they finalized their realistic fiction story. The process paid off as the stories were fantastic!
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