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Make It Thrilling
Australian Adventures Unit | Lesson 4 of 5
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Make It Thrilling

Australian Adventures Unit | Lesson 4 of 5
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DISCUSS:
What is something that Harper could see, hear, or feel that would let her know the
cave is going to collapse?
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01/09
Get your supplies.
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Get your Story Map. Quietly read all the parts of your story map to
yourself.
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Get your Sensory Details worksheet. Write a few words in at least
two sensory detail boxes. If you want, you can include all three.
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Find the surprise section. Add at least two sensory details to your
Sensory Detail worksheet. If you want, you can add all three.
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Find the Escape section. Add three sensory details to your
worksheet.
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Get your story draft worksheets from the last lesson. Quietly read
your story to yourself.
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Draft the surprise and escape for your story. Start a new paragraph
by indenting. Your teacher will tell you how long you have to draft.
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Look back through the exciting escape you just wrote! Pick the
sentence that you think is the most exciting. Share the sentence you
picked with a classmate nearby.
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If you wrote on extra story draft pages today, make sure you
continue the page numbers to keep your story in order.
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Grade 5

Narrative

Drafting & Revising

W.5.3D, W.5.4

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Students will...

Print Prep
  • draft the climax and escape of their story.

  • use sensory details to make the story exciting.

Before this lesson...

Students should have completed Lessons 1-3 of this unit.
Adventure Story Extra Page worksheet
Use as needed when students run out of writing space. 		30 copies
Adventure Story Sensory Details worksheet 30 copies
Story Draft from previous lesson
30
Story Map from previous lesson
30
Prep Instructions
  • Students will need to bring their completed work from the previous lesson to this lesson.

  • It is important that students do not write on the back of their draft pages because these pages will be folded into a book later on. When students run out of writing space, they should continue on an extra writing page listed in the materials section.

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Lesson details

Grade 5

Narrative

Drafting & Revising

W.5.3D, W.5.4

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