Abstract: The National Committee on Writing calls for a revolution in writing stating that writing should be a part of every subject area, taught by every teacher. The panel feels that writing allows students to “struggle with details and wrestle with facts”. While narrative writing calls on a student’s imagination, the ability to develop characters, sequence, and find logical conclusions to problems, does ask them to carefully work with facts and details. This lesson provides students with concrete graphic organizers to help them develop a story, and it helps to keep writing from becoming “The Neglected ‘R’ as the committee so discouragingly suggests.
Graphic organizers provided are the following:
·Character Graphic Organizers 1 and 2
·Problem Graphic Organizer
·Story Moods Graphic Organizer
·Setting Graphic Organizer
·Story Map for Narrative
·Task
·Rubric
·Web Links
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Like most of you reading this profile, I am a lover of children, a care-giver, and a dedicated teacher. I spent 32 years in the classroom before retiring several years ago. During my tenure as a teacher in the elementary grades, I was on a myriad of writing committees, including those that developed the benchmarks for the district. As a literacy coach, I was able to present at both local and state levels at both the Reading and Math conferences. I co-authored a book, Beyond Book Buddies, by Corwin Press. I have also written for the internet and been a critical reader for both Scott Foresman and Corwin Press. As a teacher I wrote and received many grants at both the state and local level. During these last years, I have been writing units of study for my daughter who teaches in Texas. She has been able to use and adapt them for her Special Ed students of high school age, a task for all teachers using units and lessons of study written by others. The method of teaching should be the decision of the teacher and should meet the needs of the students he/she teaches.
