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Stretch It Out

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DISCUSS:
How would you describe what’s happening in this part of the video?
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How would you describe what’s happening in this part of the video?
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Get your supplies.
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In today’s lesson, you’ll need someone to share ideas with. This could
be a partner, or someone you sit near. When everyone knows who
their talk partner is, move on to the next step.
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Read what you planned for the event in your story. When you’re
done, show a quiet thumbs up.
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On your Plan, find what you wrote about your event. Copy what you
wrote into the event box on your Timeline worksheet.
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Copy your details onto your timeline. Mark the spot of each one
with a line. Leave some space between details so you can add
more to your timeline.
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Add more details to your timeline.
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Add what you saw or heard to your timeline.
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Add how you were feeling to your timeline.
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Get your Middle worksheet and your Timeline worksheet.
You can put your Plan to the side for now.
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Take turns sharing all the parts of your timeline out loud with your
partner. If any parts are missing or don’t make sense, you can
make changes.
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Pick a transition phrase to begin your event. Write your phrase
starting at the lightning bolt, then complete the sentence with
the first detail from your timeline.
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Continue writing each of the details in your timeline. You can make
each into a sentence using transition phrases.
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Take turns sharing your middle out loud with your partner.
If you want, you can make changes.
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Stretch It Out
Drafting

Students will...

Print Prep
  • use a plan to draft the middle of their story.

  • develop a timeline to plan the details of the event.

  • include transitions to signal event order.

Before this lesson...

Students should have completed Lessons 1-3 of this unit.
What you’ll need for student
Funny Memories: Middle worksheet 1 per student
Funny Memories: Timeline worksheet 1 per student
Plan from previous lesson
1 per student
Prep Instructions

Students will need to bring their completed work from the previous lessons to this lesson.

Standards

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Introduction

10 mins

Writing Activity

30 mins

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Video & Activity

Video & Activity

Remembering specific details about events can be hard! To learn more about memory, check out this Mystery Science video and activity: Why can’t we remember being babies?
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Funny Memories Lesson 4: Stretch It Out

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