Sharon MacKenzie
I am a Literacy Facilitator at Selwyn Elementary School, in Charlotte, N.C. I work with teachers and students from Kindergarten through Fifth Grade. I have participated in the local scoring program (Third Grade) within Charlotte Mecklenburg Schools each June, where I learned a great deal about what is expected in both personal and imaginative narrative writing. I planned this particular activity and carried it out with our Media Specialist, Susan Bailey. We were able to present it to all fourth grade students during their Media class. We saw a marked improvement in the writing of imaginative narratives by students at all levels.
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- A Circular Journey To Imaginative Narrative Writing
- This lesson will help the teacher show students how to bring their imaginative narratives to a logical ending. Students often have difficulty while writing imaginative narratives. They tend to get off to a good beginning and then cannot maintain focus well enough to bring their story to an end. Two well-known stories will be used as effective models. The first story will be analyzed by the whole class and the second will be used in an individual hands-on practice activity. Finally, students will summarize what they have learned and how they can use this information when they write an imaginative narrative.
- Format: lesson plan (grade 3–4 English Language Arts)
- By Sharon MacKenzie.
