drafting · focus lesson · minilesson

Moving from Storyboards to Drafts.

In Keith Bollman's fifth grade class, students are beginning to consider moving into drafts.  They've envisioned their writing and are moving out of the rehearsal stage and into drafting.  Today I taught them how to stretch a scene.  The Great Pumpkin Switch by Megan Mcdonald and Ted Lewin  is one of the texts in play in the… Continue reading Moving from Storyboards to Drafts.

narrative · plan · writer's notebook · writing workshop

Storyboards.

This summer I heard Penny Kittle speak about using storyboards.  This week I've tried them out in classrooms.  They aren't all that different from one of the ways I talk to kids about planning.  I encourage them to think in scenes & then sketch in their notebook a flow chart of sorts, using pictures and… Continue reading Storyboards.