After one week of immersion and introducing fantasy writing to my students, I've come to this conclusion: Fantasy writing is HARD! Luckily, Carl Anderson's new book, "Teaching Fantasy Writing," has helped me set students up for success.
Category: fantasy
Let’s Pretend!
We encourage fantasy play at choice time and outdoor play. We teach readers to pretend to be characters as they read. When role-playing is a natural and essential part of childhood, why wouldn't we encourage our young writers to make-believe?
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ruth’s wn entry: fantasy story character & magic & setting.
Here are a couple of pages from my writer's notebook. I put them on transparencies and used them to teach a focus lesson about doing some "deep thinking" about a story before actually drafting. I encouraged students to begin with their character and to then explore other elements of their story. (I also explained that… Continue reading ruth’s wn entry: fantasy story character & magic & setting.
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fantasy writing.
I'm working in a fifth grade classroom this week who studied Chris Van Allsburg and are now working on their own fantasy stories. I must admit I was a bit skeptical about the teacher's decision to begin the year with fantasy writing, but after a few days in the classroom, I think it's a brilliant… Continue reading fantasy writing.
