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Storyteller Con Unit
Lesson 3 of 6
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DISCUSS:
What differences can you find in these pictures? Find as many as you can.
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What other sentences or phrases could I put here to introduce this quote?
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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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Begin by reviewing your fanzine plan. When you’re done reading,
give a silent thumbs up.
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Write your first reason. You can copy your Reason 1 sentence
beginning with “early in the story” from your plan, or use one of
these sentences instead. Begin writing at the lightning bolt.
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Add your first piece of evidence. You can use one of the sentence
starters on your worksheet to introduce your evidence. Remember
to put it in quotation marks.
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Take a look at the evidence in your plan. If any of your evidence
includes dialogue, you can change the dialogue quotation marks
to single quotes now.
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Write your next piece of evidence. Make sure you introduce the
evidence before you add your quote.
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Discuss with your partner: How did the evidence that you included
connect to your theme? Your theme is underlined in your thesis
statement box.
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Add a sentence or two that explains how your evidence connects to
the theme in the story. You can use one of these sentences to help
you get started.
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Write your thesis statement. You can copy your thesis statement
from your fanzine plan, or write a different way using one of these
sentences.
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Take turns reading your body paragraph out loud to your partner.
If you want, you can make changes.
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Add Your Evidence
Storyteller Con Unit
Lesson 3 of 6
Drafting
4.5 (4 reviews)

Students will...

Print Prep
  • draft a body paragraph.

  • include a reason, evidence, and thesis statement.

  • use quotes from the text to support the thesis statement.

Before this lesson...

Students should have completed Lessons 1-2 of this unit.
Fanzine Body 1 Draft worksheet 30 copies
Aiko's Voice from previous lesson
30
Fanzine Planning from previous lesson
30
Prep Instructions
  • Students will need to bring their completed work from the previous lessons to this lesson.

  • If some time has passed since students read the story, Aiko’s Voice, we recommend reading the story again with your class before the lesson.

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10 mins

Writing Activity

40 mins

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