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End Your Adventure

End Your Adventure
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DISCUSS:
Do you think this adventure was meaningful for Harper? Why or why not?
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Get your supplies.
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Get your story draft worksheets. Quietly read what’s happened in
your story so far to yourself.
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Look at the last box of your story map. If you want to make any
changes to your plan, you can do that now.
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Draft the end of your story on your story draft worksheet.
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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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If you need a natural stopping point!

Teachers: This is a natural stopping point. The next steps will guide students through folding and assembling their final story book. If you stop here, be sure to put all the VIPs somewhere safe!

If you’re continuing right now, go to the next slide.

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Edit your writing to look for mistakes. If you find any, you can fix
them.
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Get these new supplies.
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Get your Story Cover Page. Fill in the blanks with a title for your
story, and your name as the author.
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Fold each of your story draft pages in half on the dotted line.
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Fold your cover page in half on the dotted line.
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Stack your folded story draft pages in order in a pile with page 1
on the top. Make sure they are in a neat pile with the edges lined up.
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Take your folded cover page with the title on the front. Open the fold
and place your stack of folded story draft pages into the cover page.
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Make sure all your pages are lined up. Use a stapler to put three
staples on the staple icons. If you’re waiting your turn for a stapler,
you can start drawing a picture on the cover of your book.
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Fold the top of your book on the solid line here. Be aware of the
staples while you fold, they can be sharp! Press down to make a
strong crease, then unfold it.
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On the back of your book, you can fill in the blanks to complete a
story summary. When you’ve completed your summary, use your
coloring supplies to make a fun cover for your story.
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Students will...

Print Prep
  • write a meaningful ending for their character.

  • edit their writing.

  • assemble their final adventure book.

Before this lesson...

Students should have completed Lessons 1-4 of this unit.
Number of students:
Adventure Story Cover worksheet 1 per student
Adventure Story Extra Page worksheet
Use as needed when students run out of writing space. 		1 per student
Coloring supplies
colored pencils, crayons, or markers in assorted colors
Details
3 per student
Stapler
1 per class
Story Draft from previous lesson
1 per student
Story Map from previous lesson
1 per student
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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