1a – Writing - Senses
Essential Question
How can I use stronger words when I write?
Learning Outcomes - Students will:
 Preview – What’s wrong?
 What are simple words
Success Criteria
I can write a paragraph using sensory
details
List the sensory details from
the paragraph in your books
The new restaurant in the century-old Capital City
Hotel is open for business, and it is well worth the
trip. While you wait for a table, the colorful fish in
the wall-sized aquarium will entertain you. Once
you step into the dining room, you will feel as
though you have stepped back in time. The
gleaming, golden oak tables and chairs, and the
red-flocked wallpaper will pull you back to the
stately hotel’s earliest days. Once seated, guard
against smacking your lips at the perfectly
prepared meats, interestingly seasoned potatoes,
and crisp-tender fresh vegetables.
1a – Writing – Fiction Stories
Essential Question
How do I write a fictional story?
Learning Outcomes - Students will:
 Preview – What genre is Gathering Blue?
 Learn new vocab
 Find the different parts of an example fiction
story
Success Criteria
I can find the different parts of a fiction
story
Preview –
Gathering Blue
Looking
at our
genres, what type
of book is
Gathering Blue?
 Why
do you think
this? Examples from
the story
Vocab
 Characters
 Narrator
 Setting
 Plot
 Dialogue
 Sensory
Details
Note-taking Check!
 What
I will check?
1.
Vocab definition?
2.
Did you take notes for
today?
Did you answer
the essential
question?
3.
Parts of a Fiction Story
 Characters
– made-up people or animals
 Narrator – tells the story. Can be a person in the
story (1st Person) or not (3rd Person)
 Setting – where the action takes place
 Plot – story’s action. Series of events that includes
conflict, which needs to be resolved
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Dialogue – conversation between the characters
Sensory Details – make the characters, setting,
action come alive
 An
interesting Beginning, Middle and End
Questions
Note-taking Check!
 What

I will check?
1.
Vocab definition?
2.
Did you take notes for
today?
How do I write a fictional
story?
 What are the parts of a
fictional story?
 Did you add 1~2
sentences?
 Did you add a vocab
word?
1b – Writing – Story Ideas
Essential Question
How do I write a fictional story?
Learning Outcomes - Students will:
 Preview – Fiction books
 Finding Ideas
Success Criteria
I can create realistic fiction and fantasy
story ideas
Preview
 What
realistic or
historical Fiction
books have you
read?
 Realistic
Story Ideas
 What
kind of realistic
fiction story would you like
to write?
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About a regular kid who
does something amazing?
A person who drives a
taxi?
Use examples of stories
you have read to guide
you
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Characters:
Setting:
Plot:
 Realistic
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Story Idea #1
Story Idea #2
Characters:
Setting:
Plot:
Story Ideas
 What
kind of fantasy
story would you like to
write?
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A dangerous quest?
Characters can be
human or some other
form?
 Maybe
they have
special powers
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Use examples you have
read to help guide you
 Fantasy
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Characters:
Setting:
Plot:
 Fantasy
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Story Idea #1
Story Idea #2
Characters:
Setting:
Plot:
Note-taking Check!
 What

I will check?
1.
Vocab definition?
2.
Did you take notes for
today?
How do I write a fictional
story?
 What is step 1?
 Did you add 1~2
sentences?
 Did you add a vocab
word?
1c – Writing – Setting
Essential Question
How do I write a fictional story?
Learning Outcomes - Students will:
 Preview – Details vs. Senses
 Example Setting
 Create your own setting details and senses
Success Criteria
I can create a setting using details and
senses
Vocab
 Details
 Senses
 Details
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Farm
 Senses
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“The sky glowed green”
“scuffed to the barn”
Gathering Blue Setting
 What

is the setting of Gathering Blue?
Find examples from Chapter 1~4
Details
Senses
Setting of a Story
 Think
of a setting for a scary part of a
story or where something bad is going
to happen
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What might the weather be like?
What time of day might it be?
either a “light-hearted” or “scary”
setting
Prewrite
 Using
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Write a paragraph (4~6) that describes
your setting
What to include?
 Where
and when
 You can say a character, but you don’t
have to discuss them yet
Draft
1d – Writing – Characters
Essential Question
How do I write a fictional story?
Learning Outcomes - Students will:
 Preview – Favourite characters
 Example characters
 Create your own character
Success Criteria
I can create a brief paragraph explaining
my character
Preview
 What
are some of your
favourite characters from
books you have read?
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
Why are they your
favourite?
How did you learn this
info?
Learning About Characters
4
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ways
Narrator reveals info
The character’s own words reveal info
The character’s actions reveal info
Other character’s actions reveal info
Other character’s words and actions reveal
info
Kler’s Quest
 What
I know about
the character
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Kler is a hard
worker
 How

I know it
Her actions – “It took a
good 2 hours to stir it,
cook it down, and bottle
it”
Character of a Story

Using your story idea, pick a character you
would like to create
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Are they human or not?
Male or Female?
What 2 words best describe your character?
What background details or family history
have shaped this character?
Write a line the character might say
What might other characters say about
Using either a “light-hearted” or “scary”
setting

Write a paragraph (4~5) that introduces your
character
Prewrite
Draft
1e – Writing – Plot
Essential Question
How do I write a fictional story?
Learning Outcomes - Students will:
 Kler’s Quest Conflict
 Example plot
 Create your own plot
Success Criteria
I can create a plot for my fiction story
Kler’s Quest
 What
is the Conflict
in this story?
 Put

1.
2.
3.
the events in order
Usually 1 event in each
paragraph
Kler doesn’t look
forward to milking the
tambles
????
????
Your Story
 What
is the Conflict
in this story?
 Put

the events in order
Usually 1 event in each
paragraph
1f – Writing – Draft
Essential Question
How do I write a fictional story?
Learning Outcomes - Students will:
 Kler’s Quest Conflict
 Example Setting
 Create your own setting details and senses
Success Criteria
I can write the draft for my story
Task
 Write
a 3~5 paragraph(maximum)
fictional story
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1 paragraph = 5~7 sentences
Use your prewrite to guide you
Use Kler’s Quest to guide you