
Lidia Barbosa
10.8k Followers
Grade Levels
PreK - 1st
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- PDF
Pages
11 pages

Lidia Barbosa
10.8k Followers
Description
This free e-book is a WRITING ACTIVITY about The Polar Express.
Students will imagine that they are the little boy in The Polar Express story. Then, students will write their responses accordingly.
Directions:
Read The Polar Express.
Have a discussion about the story.
EXAMPLES:
-Who are the characters in the story?
-What happened in the beginning, middle and end of the story?
-Answer the 5W's. Who?, Did what?, Where?, When? and Why?
-Identify the problem and the solution for several events in the story.
*Introduce this writing activity.
-Make sure to model how this activity should be completed. Especially for
the beginning writers.
*General directions are given on the front cover of the book. Teacher should
give complete instructions and expectations for this activity.
*You will see that I included the basic directions on the front cover of the book.
-Beginning Writers will: 1)Read each sentence prompt. (beginning readers
will need teacher assistance) 2) Illustrate your response (with as much
detail as possible) 3) Write 1- 2 sentences. (this can be modified for
beginning writers)
-Advanced Writers will 1) Read each sentence prompt. 2) Illustrate their
response. 3)Write their response. (Teacher will decide how many sentences
are expected.) 4)Add detail. 5) Use descriptive words.
Please follow my store for updates,
Lidia R. Barbosa
-Please follow my blogs and facebook pages for even more updates and ideas:
1. Kinder Alphabet blog and
2.Facebook
Students will imagine that they are the little boy in The Polar Express story. Then, students will write their responses accordingly.
Directions:
Read The Polar Express.
Have a discussion about the story.
EXAMPLES:
-Who are the characters in the story?
-What happened in the beginning, middle and end of the story?
-Answer the 5W's. Who?, Did what?, Where?, When? and Why?
-Identify the problem and the solution for several events in the story.
*Introduce this writing activity.
-Make sure to model how this activity should be completed. Especially for
the beginning writers.
*General directions are given on the front cover of the book. Teacher should
give complete instructions and expectations for this activity.
*You will see that I included the basic directions on the front cover of the book.
-Beginning Writers will: 1)Read each sentence prompt. (beginning readers
will need teacher assistance) 2) Illustrate your response (with as much
detail as possible) 3) Write 1- 2 sentences. (this can be modified for
beginning writers)
-Advanced Writers will 1) Read each sentence prompt. 2) Illustrate their
response. 3)Write their response. (Teacher will decide how many sentences
are expected.) 4)Add detail. 5) Use descriptive words.
Please follow my store for updates,
Lidia R. Barbosa
-Please follow my blogs and facebook pages for even more updates and ideas:
1. Kinder Alphabet blog and
2.Facebook
Total Pages
11 pages
Answer Key
N/A
Teaching Duration
N/A
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