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7th grade short stories lessons for SMART Notebook
Writing Narratives Package
This package breaks writing narratives into the critical elements in order to scaffold students to writing strong stories. It is broken down into: setting, problems, characters, plot, good beginnings and word choice.
When I use this package I typically focus on one element each day in order to create an in depth understanding. I encourage students to write about what they know. I have them begin with a setting they know better than anyone and base their character off of someone they know reall
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3rd - 9th
Personal Narrative 5 Day Lesson
A step-by-step guide to writing personal narratives. Includes brainstorming, adding dialogue and imagery, revising, and writing a final draft.
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3rd - 7th
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Infer - Four stories with mini-lessons on inferring
I made up four stories about some cavemen that are ideal for looking for clues and teaching about inferring. It is set up to be modeled on day one, group work on day two, partner work on day three, and individual practise on day four but it is easy to adapt to other setups.
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5th - 7th
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Daily Writing Prompts (September to November)
First set of daily writing prompts.
There is one writing prompt per day. The date and day number are at the top of each page, below that is the writing prompt. Each day asks the students to do something a little bit different.
The prompts include: Writing lists of things (activities, words, memories, etc), imagine if... questions, what is your favorite..., tell me about a time when...., and so on.
These quick writes are meant to take anywhere from 1-5 minutes. These prompts just get student
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PreK - 8th
Jack London "To Build a Fire" Interactive Read Aloud Part 1
This is the first of three smartboard notebooks designed to teach common core reading standards R.L.6, R.L.4, and R.L.2. Full text, teaching ideas and student handouts are included in the 47 pages of google docs. attached to the notebook. The notebook includes images to support the text, vocabulary, figurative language, graphic organizers, ideas for Socratic Seminar. . . If you purchase this notebook, you will also want to purchase Jack London "To Build a Fire" Interactive Read Aloud Parts 2 a
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6th - 9th
Jack London "To Build a Fire" Interactive Read Aloud Part 3
This is the third of three smartboard notebooks designed to teach common core reading standards R.L.6, R.L.4, and R.L.2. Full text, teaching ideas and student handouts are included in the 47 pp. of google docs. attached to the notebook. The notebook includes images to support the text, vocabulary, figurative language, graphic organizers, ideas for Socratic Seminar. . .If you purchase this notebook, you will also want to purchase Jack London "To Build a Fire" Interactive Read Aloud Parts 1 and
Grades:
6th - 9th
Jack London "To Build a Fire" Interactive Read Aloud Part 2
This is the second of three smartboard notebooks designed to teach common core reading standards R.L. 6, R.L.4, and R.L.2. Full text, teaching ideas and student handouts are included in the 47 pp. of google docs. attached to the notebook. The notebook includes images to support the text, vocabulary, figurative language, graphic organizers, ideas for Socratic Seminar. . . If you purchase this notebook, you will also want to purchase Jack London "To Build a Fire" Interactive Read Aloud Parts 1 a
Grades:
6th - 9th
5 Ways to Start a Story
Students often struggle with how to begin their creative writing or short stories. This SMART notebook file contains 5 effective ways to begin, with examples from published books provided. For example, "It was" can be used, a la George Orwell: "It was a bright cold day in April." I was impressed at the difference this lesson made to students' work. I would use this after students have planned their story plots and have them try each of the 5 techniques to find one that works.
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6th - 10th
What is a Good Idea?
This is a smartboard lesson on Ideas. Can be used before or after students begin writing.
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4th - 7th
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