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Roller Coaster Ride

Roller Coaster Ride

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Watch these young men on a roller coaster. Then, quickly discuss these questions:
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Watch this roller coaster rider and quickly discuss these questions:
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Find a partner.
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Get your supplies.
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Look at your Roller Coaster Story. Notice that we split Mike’s story
into three parts. Beside each part of the story, there’s a box where
you will write sentences to ADD to that part of the story.
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Pretend you are on this ride and silently act out what you would DO.
(You can pretend to scream without making a sound!) The video will
play again and again so you have time to act it out. Here we go!
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On Idea Cloud #1, write down words and ideas about what you’ve
been doing on your pretend ride. Also write what you have been
FEELING on your ride.
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Share with your partner:
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Working with your partner, choose the words or ideas in Idea
Cloud #1 that you like best. Circle one or two of your favorites.
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Watch this example to see one way to write about feelings and
actions. I circled my favorite ideas. Then I wrote a sentence about
each idea. One said what I felt. The other described what I did.
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Find #1 on your worksheet. Write a sentence or two about what you
did on the first part of the ride and how you felt.
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Look at #1 on your worksheet. Think about how what you wrote
could fit into the sentences Mike wrote. Use arrows to show where
you would put your new sentence or sentences.
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Time to share:
Your teacher will tell you how to share what you have written.
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Watch the video and pretend you are on the ride. Silently act out
what you would DO if you were on that roller coaster. Think about
how you would FEEL. Write down words and ideas in Idea Cloud #2.
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Share with your partner what you did and how you felt. If you haven’t
written down your ideas in Idea Cloud #2, do it now. Make a star
beside one or two of your favorites.
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Now find #2 on the worksheet. Write a sentence or two about what
you did on this part of the ride and how you felt. You can use any of
the words or ideas you starred or any new ideas you have.
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Think about how what you just wrote could fit into the second part
of Mike’s writing. Use arrows to show where you could put your new
sentence or sentences.
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Choose your favorite sentence from the last step. Read it out loud to
your partner.
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Now let’s write about how you felt at the end of the ride. Discuss
with your partner:
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Find #3 on your worksheet. Fill in the blanks in the sentence. If you’d
rather write a sentence or two of your own, that’s okay. Just make
sure to say whether you would ride the roller coaster again and why.
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Your sentences, combined with the sentences Mike wrote, make a
story. Discuss:
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Mike is very grateful for your help! Read your story out loud to your
partner. Compare the new story with Mike’s original story.
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Discuss with the class:
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TEACHERS: As a follow up to this lesson, we suggest students write a short personal narrative that incorporates what they did and how they felt. Ask students to follow these steps:

  • Look at the words and ideas in your idea clouds.
  • Choose one feeling from these and think of a time when you felt like that.
  • Write a paragraph about that time. If it makes it easier, you can write what happened first, then go back and write how you felt about what happened.
  • You can draw a picture to go along with the words, if you’d like.

We have provided a worksheet that may be helpful.

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Goliath off-ride HD Walibi Holland. Video by CoasterForce from youtube.
Goliath Front Row On Ride POV - Walibi Holland. Video by Theme Park Worldwide from youtube.
Hilarious! Daredevil Grandma rides roller coaster for the first time. Video by On Demand News.

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  • revise a narrative text passage.

  • elaborate by using descriptive details, adding actions and feelings.

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