Developing Their Own story Part 1

Mini-lesson #14 Ohio Standard: Writing Process, Benchmarks A, B & C (grades K-4)
Developing their own story Part 1
1. Brainstorm ideas for stories
• A Friend—Movie Review—Election Issues—Improve the World—How to Learn from Others—Something I Learned from a Bad Experience—A Veteran’s Story—I Wonder Why—Presidential Qualities—Living in Space—Write about a Number—An Invention I Would Like—Invent a New Holiday—If I Could Change a School Rule—Stranded on a Island—If I Could Be a Different Age—If I Could Be Invisible—If I Were a Teacher, President, grown up—My Favorite…-- 3 Words Describing Myself, An Act of Kindness—A Dream I’ve Had
2. Teacher models the five parts of a story development with graphic organizer
3. Students decide from choices in their writing journal on which to develop into a story
4. Students free write in their journals then fill in graphic organizer.