First, I have to say that today's lesson I taught, which was adapted from Session 11 of Calkins & Cruz's Book on Fiction Writing in Grades 3 - 5 is AWESOME. It's all about revising with different lenses. My students read my story yesterday and commented on it, which was helpful to me. One thing… Continue reading Ideas for Creating a 3-D Character from Today’s M.L. Active Engagement
Category: character development
Messy Mountain
I filled in the last three boxes of my story mountain during today's W.W. I just added my character's feelings/thinking in blue to the mountain when I got home. Then I started thinking that I shouldn't have done that since (pink), I now think I want to have my main character's, Ava, best friend, Nita,… Continue reading Messy Mountain
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Walking the Walk
As I was conferring with my students today, I realized that many of their fictional characters were just them, but with different names. (They were choosing seed ideas today and developing their characters.) One boy in particular was stuck on recreating himself, so I sent him out of the room to do a character walk.… Continue reading Walking the Walk
