Classroom Slice of Life Story Challenge: Day 25 of 31
It’s Day 25 Classroom Slicers!
In the book Crafting True Stories by Lucy Calkins and Marjorie Martinelli, part of the Units of Study for Opinion, Information, and Narrative Writing, small moment stories are the topic. What better place to look for inspiration for Slice of Life stories than a book about writing small moments?
One important strategy for a small moment writer is to write in scenes, not summaries. It is so easy to slip into summarizing when recounting a story: First I did this. Then I did that. Then this happened.
But the most powerful stories put the reader right in the action, telling what happened bit by bit: “Watch out!” Sarah yelled. I looked behind me, and there, barreling toward me at full speed, was my brother. And he looked MAD.
Today as you write your Slice, think – am I summarizing? Or am I storytelling?
WRITE a slice of life story on your own blog.
SHARE a link to your post in the comments section.
GIVE comments to at least three other SOLSC Classroom bloggers.
Happy Slicing!
Useful Links:
- 31 Slices (ideas for topics)
- Essential Information
- Q&A About the Classroom Slice of Life Story Challenge (watch a video call with elementary school students)
Sorry, a little late – on vacation time! Click on the link below to view 6B Slicers’ posts:
http://6bslicers.blogspot.com/2014/03/slice-of-life-25.html
http://stocktonmo.blogspot.com/2014/03/waiting waiting.html.
new family member set to arrive tonight!
Third graders doing well today.
http://kidblog.org/castlebloggers2013-2014/
http://myteachertown.blogspot.com/2014/03/now-at-0.html
0% charge…It can’t go lower than that.
Slicing away! http://slicesfrompod2.blogspot.com/2014/03/march-25th-slices.html
It’s Spring Break, but they’re still posting from near and far.
http://merelylearningtogether.weebly.com/1/post/2014/03/slice-of-life-25-of-31.html
So excited that they are still going strong. And we had the best conversation today that started because of my thinking about Dana’s post about authentic writing.
http://kidblog.org/MrsKeelersRLAclass/
Leprechaun Catching
http://sliceoflifewritingchallenge.wordpress.com/2014/03/25/challenge-leprechaun-catching/
Here are SIX slices from us today! Yay for Spring Break slicers! That’s dedication!
http://creatively-cardinal.blogspot.com/2014/03/tuesday-march-25-call-for-slices-early.html?showComment=1395790776720#c8526095013942054488
On acting in the classroom http://itsnotquiteelementary.wordpress.com/2014/03/25/all-the-classroom-is-a-stage/
Thanks for this wonderful advice. This is a beautiful poem by Kaylie, a list poem of elegant things. Can you add to her list? http://kidblog.org/SliceofLifeChallenge/9a2ce151-c9ad-47f1-a7d7-3764cda28c46/sol-24-list-poem/
Can’t believe it’s Day 25! I’m having so much fun reading my students’ slices. Today we even got a comment from an author! http://kidblog.org/WritingOurOwnWords/tag/slice-of-life/
We were out visiting the middle school yesterday but here we are on yet another snowy spring day in Michigan! http://kidblog.org/MrsRogersBloggers13-14II/ and http://kidblog.org/MrsRogersBloggers13-14/
Today my middle school students write about the books they read last week.
http://maxsclassreads.blogspot.com/2014/03/solsc-25-of-31-max-and-kams-class-book.html
Eden really enjoyed the last read aloud. http://fromourkingzoo.blogspot.com/2014/03/the-great-gilly-hopkins.html
Movie starts filming in April! Can’t wait!
http://dysfunctionalityisaword.blogspot.com/2014/03/sick.html
It’s hard to think about what to write when my Mom-radar is in high and I have a sick child. *sigh*