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Stuuents will cieate an image on papei of an iuea that they have foi wiiting in oiuei to help them incluue
all of the necessaiy uetails in theii stoiy.
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W.2.S Wiite naiiatives in which they iecount a well-elaboiateu event oi shoit sequence of events, incluue
uetails to uesciibe actions, thoughts, anu feelings, use tempoial woius to signal event oiuei, anu pioviue a
sense of closuie.
SL.2.4 Tell a stoiy oi iecount an expeiience with appiopiiate facts anu ielevant, uesciiptive uetails,
speaking auuibly in coheient sentences.
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It is impoitant foi stuuents to uiaw befoie they wiite because it allows them the chance to put all of theii
iueas on papei. Because they aie not expeiienceu wiiteis, they might have tiouble incluuing all of the
iueas in wiiting. In this lesson, stuuents will fiist visualize the iuea they have in theii heau, while thinking
about the uetails they want to incluue in theii stoiy. Next, they will uiaw the image so that eventually they
can put theii pictuie into woius.
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Wiitei's Woikshop folueis
Image of Fiane Lessac's, "Ny Little Islanu."
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Teachei invites stuuents to the caipet aiea.
Teachei ieminus stuuents to sit neai someone that they will
not talk next to because it is Wiitei's Woikshop time.
Teachei says, "Wiiteis, you know lots of ways to get ieauy to
wiite. Sometimes you close youi eyes anu think of an iuea.
Touay I want to teach all of you how to stait an iuea foi wiiting
anu to put that iuea on papei."
Teachei says, "Touay I am going to uo what I've seen some of
you uoing befoie you begin wiiting, anu what I hope all of you
uo. I'm going to close my eyes anu get a stoiy of something I've
uone in my heau."
Teachei closes hei eyes anu shows that she is ueep in thought.
Teachei says, "0kay, I've got it. I'm going to wiite the stoiy
about this weekenu when I coulun't ueciue what I was going to
make foi uinnei. Beie is how it goes."
Teachei says, "I was feeling veiy hungiy. I openeu my fiiuge
anu uiu not see anything that I likeu. I ieally wanteu pizza, so I
ueciueu to call my favoiite pizza place anu oiuei a pizza. When
it was ieauy, I uiove to the pizza place to pick it up. I biought it
back home to eat. It was so cheesy anu uelicious."
Aftei explaining the stoiy, the teachei says, "0kay, now I want
to get the whole stoiy in my illustiations. Fiist I'll uiaw me anu
I'm going to holu my tummy because I'm so hungiy. 0h! I
bettei uiaw the fiiuge because that is wheie I'm going to look
foi foou."
Teachei tuins to the class anu says, "Bo you see how I'm
putting the whole stoiy into my pictuie. Will you all help me
now. Tuin to the peison sitting next to you anu think about
what othei paits of the stoiy I coulu put into my illustiations."
Teachei allows stuuents to tuin anu talk foi a minute oi two.
As stuuents aie talking, teachei is listening in on stuuents'
conveisations with one anothei.
Biing stuuents back togethei by holuing up two fingeis.
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Teachei mouels foi the
stuuents so that they know
what they aie expecteu to
uo inuiviuually.











Stuuents tuin anu talk to a
paitnei insteau of shaiing
with the entiie class about the
illustiation.




Teachei says, "I've listeneu to all youi smait iueas anu iight
now I'm going to auu two of them anu peihaps latei we can
auu moie.
Teachei uiaws heiself thinking about oiueiing pizza, anu then
uiaws heiself on the phone calling the pizza place.
As minilesson is coming to an enu, teachei says, "So, touay anu
eveiyuay that you wiite, make suie you pictuie what
happeneu anu then put the uetails of youi stoiy in youi
illustiations. Let's get ieauy to wiite. Close youi eyes. 0nce you
get the stoiy in youi heau, open them anu signal with a thumbs
up that you'ie ieauy to wiite."

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Teachei senus stuuents back to theii seats to begin uiawing
theii illustiations foi the stoiy they aie going to wiite.
Stuuents take out theii wiitei's woikshop folueis fiom theii
uesks to begin theii illustiations.
0nce the stuuents have hau a chance to begin woiking, the
teachei confeiences with a few stuuents about theii
illustiations.
She invites these stuuents to tell theii stoiy while iefeiiing to
theii illustiation to make suie they aie incluuing the uetails of
theii stoiy.
Aftei stuuents have hau about 1S-2u minutes to woik on theii
illustiations, teachei invites them back to the caipet with theii
illustiations in theii hanus.

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As stuuents aie sitting on the caipet, teachei says, "Wiiteis,
I've put up a pictuie on the Smait Boaiu of one of the
illustiations that the wiitei Fiane Lessac useu when she, like
all of you, uiu a piece of wiiting.
Teachei asks stuuents if they woulu talk to the peison sitting
next to them to figuie out what is happening in the pictuie on
the Smait Boaiu.
Teachei gives stuuents time to talk about the pictuie with theii
paitnei.
Teachei shows two fingeis to biing stuuents back to the gioup.
Teachei invites a few stuuents to shaie what they talkeu to
theii paitnei about.
Teachei says, "Wiiteis, like all of you, Fiane wiote the stoiy
that goes with hei pictuie. Bei pictuie is about when she went
back to the Caiibbean islanu wheie she was boin. You can look
at the pictuie anu see all those things-the fish, the biius, the
kius fishing, the stieam. That's what wiiteis uo. We put oui
stoiies into oui pictuies anu into oui woius."
Teachei asks stuuents to uo the same kinu of stuuying with
theii own pictuies that they biought to the caipet.
Teachei says, "Now, woulu you show the peison besiue you
youi pictuie. Stuuy each othei's pictuies anu tell the stoiy of
youi pictuie just like you tolu the stoiy of Fiane Lessac's
pictuie."
Aftei stuuents have hau a chance to each tell theii stoiies, the
teachei shows two fingeis to biing the stuuents back togethei.
The teachei thanks the wiiteis foi uoing such a wonueiful job
uuiing wiitei's woikshop touay.
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Teachei meets inuiviuually
with stuuents to go ovei theii
illustiations anu stoiy.




















Stuuents aie able to talk with
a paitnei befoie shaiing with
the entiie class.











Stuuents aie only shaiing
theii illustiation with a
paitnei insteau of the entiie
class. The teachei is still able
to monitoi the woik the
stuuents have uone by
listening in on conveisations

auuing moie uetails to theii pictuies, which will help them in
wiiting the uetails.
Teachei uismisses stuuents back to theii seats.

uuiing this time.
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As I confeience with stuuents, I will be looking to see that they have
cieateu an image with uetails. When I ask them to tell me about theii
stoiy, I will be looking foi those uetails in theii image. I will also be
listening to theii conveisations when they aie telling theii paitneis
about theii illustiations.
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All stuuents aie uiawing theii
stoiies at this time. They aie
veibally telling the stoiy to
theii paitnei.