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Collaborative Stories 1: Prewriting and Drafting

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Collaborative Stories 1: Prewriting and Drafting

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Overview:

In this lesson, students complete two prewriting activities, one on brainstorming ideas using story maps, and one on creating the beginnings of stories. They then work on two collaborative-writing activities in which they draft an "oversized" story on chart paper. Before starting the activities, the teacher reads aloud the first few sentences from a variety of children's books that have unusual, exciting, or particularly descriptive openings. Each student works individually to read what has been written before, adds the "next sentence," and passes the developing story on to another student. The story is passed from student to student until the story is complete. In a later lesson Collaborative Stories 2: Revising, the story is revised by the groups.

Content Standard(s):

English Language Arts ELA2021 (2021) Grade: K	R5. Utilize a writing process to plan, draft, revise, edit, and publish writings in various genres. Unpacked Content Teacher Vocabulary: R5. Writing process Plan Draft Revise Edit Publish Genres Knowledge: R5. Students know: The writing process steps are to plan, draft, revise, edit, and publish. Various genres of writing. Skills: R5. Students are able to: Plan writings in various genres. Draft writings in various genres. Revise writings in various genres. Edit writings in various genres. Publish writings in various genres. Understanding: R5. Students understand that: The writing process is a set of steps that make writing easier. There are different categories, or genres, of writing that can be used for different purposes.
English Language Arts ELA2021 (2021) Grade: K	37. Actively participate in shared and independent writing experiences, for varied purposes and audiences, across different genres. a. Actively participate in shared writing experiences to create messages, lists, and labels for a drawing or illustration. b. Actively participate in shared writing experiences to create narratives with the events in chronological order and share feelings about the story, using drawing, dictating, and/or writing. c. Actively participate in shared writing experiences to create opinion pieces about a topic or text, state the opinion, supply a reason for the opinion, and provide a sense of closure, using drawing, dictating, and/or writing. d. Actively participate in shared writing experiences to create explanatory texts or provide factual information about a topic, using drawing, dictating, and/or writing. e. With prompting and support, compose writing for varied purposes and audiences, across different genres. Unpacked Content Teacher Vocabulary: 37. Actively participate Shared writing experiences Independent writing experiences Varied purposes Varied audiences Difference genres 37a. Actively participate Shared writing experiences Create Messages Lists Labels Drawing Illustration 37b. Actively participate Shared writing experiences Create Narratives Events Chronological order Feelings Story Drawing Dictating Writing 37c. Actively participate Shared writing experiences Create Opinion pieces Topic Text State Opinion Supply Reason Sense of closure Drawing Dictating Writing 37d. Actively participate Shared writing experiences Create Explanatory text Factual information Topic Drawing Dictating Writing 37e. Compose Writing Varied purposes Varied audiences Different genres Prompting Support Knowledge: 37. Students know: Different genres of writing. The purpose and audience for writing can change. 37a. Writing, such as messages, lists, and labels, can be added to a drawing or illustration to convey meaning. 37b. Narrative writing tells a story with events in chronological order. Readers should be able to share their feelings after reading a narrative story. 37c. To express an opinion in writing, an author should state the opinion, supply a reason for the opinion, and include a closing statement. 37d. Explanatory texts provide factual information. 37e. The format of writing will change, depending on its purpose, audience, and genre. Skills: 37. Students are able to: Write for various purposes and audiences across different genres, with teacher assistance and independently. 37a. Create messages, lists, and labels for a drawing or illustration. 37b. Create a narrative with the events in chronological order and share their feelings about the narrative, using drawing, dictating, and/or writing. 37c. Create an opinion piece with reason and closure using drawing, dictating, and/or writing. 37d. Create explanatory texts or provide factual information about a topic, using drawing, dictating, and/or writing. 37e. With prompting and support, Compose writing for varied purposes and audiences, across different genres. Understanding: 37. Students understand that: Writing conveys a message, and the format of writing will change, depending on its purpose, audience, and intended meaning. 37a. Creating a message, list, or label for a drawing or illustration can help provide readers with important information. 37b. Narratives should be written in chronological order and express the author's feelings. They can share their feelings about a story using drawing, dictating, or writing. 37c. Opinions may be expressed through writings based on reasoning. 37d. When writing an explanatory text, they must provide factual information. 37e. Writing communicates ideas, and the format of writing must change in order to convey its message to its intended audience.
English Language Arts ELA2021 (2021) Grade: K	38. Improve pictorial and written presentations, as needed, by planning, revising, editing, and using suggestions from peers and adults. Examples: Plan by brainstorming; revise to clarify or aid audience's comprehension; edit written presentations to ensure appropriate spacing between letters and words, correct spelling and punctuation, and legibility as a courtesy to the audience and to show pride in one's work. Unpacked Content Teacher Vocabulary: 38. Improve Pictorial presentations Written presentations Planning Revising Editing Suggestions Peers Knowledge: 38. Students know: The writing process, including planning, revising, and editing. Incorporating suggestions from peers and adults can improve their writing. Skills: 38. Students are able to: Plan, revise, edit, and use suggestions from peers and adults to improve pictorial and written presentations. Understanding: 38. Students understand that: Planning, revising, and editing written work is the writing process. They can plan by brainstorming, revise to clarify or aid audience's comprehension, and edit to ensure appropriate language conventions are followed. Engaging in the complete writing process is courteous to their audience and shows pride in their work.
English Language Arts ELA2021 (2021) Grade: 1	R5. Utilize a writing process to plan, draft, revise, edit, and publish writings in various genres. Unpacked Content Teacher Vocabulary: R5. Writing process Plan Draft Revise Edit Publish Genres Knowledge: R5. Students know: The writing process steps are to plan, draft, revise, edit, and publish. Various genres of writing. Skills: R5. Students are able to: Plan writings in various genres. Draft writings in various genres. Revise writings in various genres. Edit writings in various genres. Publish writings in various genres. Understanding: R5. Students understand that: The writing process is a set of steps that make writing easier. There are different categories, or genres, of writing that can be used for different purposes.
English Language Arts ELA2021 (2021) Grade: 1	39. Improve writing, as needed, by planning, revising, and editing with guidance from peer editors, responding to their questions and suggestions. Unpacked Content Teacher Vocabulary: 39. Improve Writing Planning Revising Editing Peer editors Questions Suggestions Knowledge: 39. Students know: The writing process includes planning, revising, and editing, incorporating guidance and suggestions from others. The process for peer editing and review. Skills: 39. Students are able to: Plan, revise, edit, and use suggestions from peers to improve writing. Understanding: 39. Students understand that: To improve writing they need to follow all of the steps of the writing process. Responding to peers' questions and suggestions during the peer editing process will help improve their writing.
English Language Arts ELA2021 (2021) Grade: 2	R5. Utilize a writing process to plan, draft, revise, edit, and publish writings in various genres. Unpacked Content Teacher Vocabulary: R5. Writing process Plan Draft Revise Edit Publish Genres Knowledge: R5. Students know: The writing process steps are to plan, draft, revise, edit, and publish. Various genres of writing. Skills: R5. Students are able to: Plan writings in various genres. Draft writings in various genres. Revise writings in various genres. Edit writings in various genres. Publish writings in various genres. Understanding: R5. Students understand that: The writing process is a set of steps that make writing easier. There are different categories, or genres, of writing that can be used for different purposes.

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brainstorm, draft, plan, prewriting, writing, writing process

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Part II of this lesson can be found here Collaborative Stories 2: Revising.

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Hannah Bradley

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Collaborative Stories 1: Prewriting and Drafting