Students are currently working on writing fictional narratives. We began with making connections to past writing units in third grade and moved into creating dynamic characters. Students in Room 30 have learned that authors share their work in order to improve. So far we've shared our characters struggles and story arcs.
Some things students are looking forward to accomplishing in the upcoming weeks are drafting their story by writing individual scenes. Although it can be tempting to write a bed to bed story: I woke up and got out of bed..."What an adventure." I said to myself as I hopped back into bed. As a student this year previously said, "There's so much more to the story than that." What really drives a story are the scenes. You see, the scenes will be put together like bricks in a wall. Once the scenes are completed, laid out and assembled, they'll complete the story and stand on it's own. Ask you child about the scenes they've planned in their story arc, their dynamic character, what the character's struggle or motivation is, and finally, what your child has done to create "drama" within their story.
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