Planning Your Story

Good morning,

This week, for your Work on Writing, you will be planning your own original story. This planning stage will have two parts: 1) Brainstorming and 2) Peer Conferring. Please record the Learning Intentions and Criteria in your Reading Log notebook (the back of your last good copy).

Learning Intention: I can plan a story that contains interesting characters, setting(s) and problem.

Criteria: 1) details about character traits
              2) details about the setting(s), and
              3) details about the story problem and resolution 

1) Below your Learning Intention and Criteria, brainstorm your story ideas. If you like, here are some brainstorming ideas (story writing). In addition, here is a site to help you come up with ideas, from Scholastic.

2) Peer Conferring: (If you are a boy, you will confer with a girl. If you are a girl, you will confer with a boy). Share your brainstormed ideas with your peer. Your peer is to ask questions and give suggestions to help you brainstorm more details.

I am looking forward to reading some very exciting story ideas!

Love, Mrs. French