Collaborative stories 1: Prewriting and drafting
http://www.readwritethink.org/lessons/lesson_view.asp?id=221
A lesson plan for grade 2 English Language Arts
In this lesson from ReadWriteThink, students engage in prewriting activities that include writing the beginning of a story and brainstorming ideas using an online, interactive story map. Students will then write a collaborative story on chart paper, adding sentences that demonstrate comprehension and inferential skills.
North Carolina Curriculum Alignment
English Language Arts (2004)
Grade 2
- Goal 4: The learner will apply strategies and skills to create oral, written, and visual texts.
- Objective 4.06: Plan and make judgments about what to include in written products (e.g., narratives of personal experiences, creative stories, skits based on familiar stories and/or experiences).
- Objective 4.07: Compose first drafts using an appropriate writing process:
- planning and drafting.
- rereading for meaning.
- revising to clarify and refine writing with guided discussion.
