Unit
16
LESSON 5
Guide writing about another
event in a story
Use assembled books from Lessons 3 and 4. On
the second page of your own book, draw and write
about another event from the experience you chose
to write about.
Instruction and modeling
Introduce the lesson. Review with children
that in the previous lesson they drew and
wrote to tell one part of their story. Remind
them that a story tells at least two things that
happened. Tell them that in this lesson, they
will draw and write about another event from
the experience they chose to tell about.
Share the second page of your story. Review
with children the drawing and writing on the
first page of your book. Explain that on the
next page, you told about another event from
your experience. Turn to the second page of
your book. Describe your completed drawing
and read the sentence you wrote to tell about
it. Point out that you have told about two
events from your experience, which is enough
to be a story.
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Practice and application
Have children complete the second page of
their books. Distribute children’s books from
the previous lessons. Ask them to think of and
tell a partner the second event they planned
to write about. Then have children draw the
event in the empty box on the second page of
their book. After a few minutes, tell them to
write a sentence about the event on the lines
below their drawing. Explain to children that
this drawing and sentence should be different
from what they included on the first page but
should still tell about the same experience.
If children complete their writing early, have
them finish their drawing from the previous
lesson or add details to the drawings or
sentences in their books.
Differentiate
Below-level: Help struggling writers
individually by working with them to turn
their thoughts into complete sentences and to
encode words. If children cannot remember
their second event, prompt them by asking
questions to help them recall what they
wanted to say.
Sharing
Remind children of the roles of Speakers and
Listeners. Give children the opportunity to
share their stories in small groups. Then place
their completed books in the classroom library.
Pleasant’s Pointers
Having children work together in small
groups can be challenging. Here are a
few tips:
Keep groups small. An ideal size is
four to six children.
Determine for children the order in
which they’ll share their writing.
To control the noise level, spread
groups out as far as possible.
Review best practices for sharing
by reciting the “The Listening
Chant” and “The Speaking
Chant.”
Above-level: Encourage children to write
about more than two events by adding
additional pages to their books.
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