Story Writing from an Object's Perspective

Materials and Technology

Printouts

Websites

Preparation

 

MATERIALS AND TECHNOLOGY

• Dear Mrs. La Rue by Mark Teague
• Screen/overhead to display materials
• Internet access
• Computers
• Inanimate objects such as shoe, pencil, chair, notebook, cell phone, water bottle
• Whiteboard/chalkboard and markers/chalk

 

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PRINTOUTS

• Dear Mrs. La Rue Read Aloud Procedures
• Perspective Definition and Examples
• Exit Slips
• Perspective Match-Up Cards
• Perspective Group Practice Writing Prompt
• Perspective Story Model
• Perspective Story Pre-Writing
• Perspective Story Pre-Writing Model
• Editing and Revising Checklist
• Perspective Writing Rubric

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WEBSITES

• The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane
  

  Candlewick Press offers an excerpt from the story The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane, a story from a china rabbit’s point of view. Provides excellent modeling of perspective writing.

   

   

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PREPARATION

1. Familiarize yourself with the book Dear Mrs. La Rue.
2. Print out the following hand-outs for student use: Perspective Definition and Examples, Exit Slips, Perspective Match-Up Cards, Perspective Group Practice Writing Prompt, Perspective Story Model, Perspective Story Pre-Writing, Editing and Revising Checklist, and Perspective Writing Rubric.
3. Sort students into pairs.
4. Gather inanimate objects used by students regularly such as a pencil, chair, shoe, cell phone, water bottle, umbrella.

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