Academic/Career & Technical Related/Demonstration Lesson Plan
Instructor
Linda Hunter
Program/Class
Integrated
Date Blizzard Bag #3
Period
4, 7
State Indicator/Competency:
Writing Strand: Text Types and Purposes
3. Write narratives to develop real or imagined experiences or events using effective technique, well-chosen
details, and well-structured event sequences.
b. Use narrative techniques, such as dialogue, pacing, description, reflection, and multiple plot lines, to
develop experiences, events, and/or characters.
e. Provide a conclusion that follows from and reflects on what is experienced, observed, or resolved over the
course of the narrative.
Language Strand: Conventions of Standard English
2. Demonstrate command of the conventions of standard English capitalization, punctuation, & spelling when
writing.
b. Spell correctly
Instructional Objective(s):
1. Students will be able to write a three paragraph narrative ending for the short story “Suffer the Little
Children” with correct spelling with 80% accuracy.
2. Students will be able to write paragraphs with five to seven sentences in each paragraph with 80% accuracy.
3. Students will be able to use correct spelling and punctuation in their three paragraphs with 75% accuracy.
Materials:
copies of “Suffer the Little Children”, hand-out with writing instructions
Method of Instruction:
Individual writing
Activities:
Warm-up/Introduction
-Last week you read the short story “Suffer the Little Children” by Stephen King
-You may have noticed that your story was slightly incomplete—I withheld the ending.
-While many modern writers deliberately wrote stories without a proper resolution—King did not.
-However, instead of giving you what King actually wrote I want you to create your own ending to the story he
started.
-Now, before you begin your endings you need to consider a few things
-To narrate something is to give an account of a process or series of events that take place over a period of
time.
-As the writer you need to consider the action in the scene and the amount of detail you will provide to
support that scene in your work
-Another element to consider in your work is the point of view
-As you write your ending you will need to decide whose point of view you will write from---Miss Sidley or
Robert’s point of view.
-Review the instruction sheet for further guidance
Closure:
-Be sure you have read the story (or reviewed it again) so you can continue the flow of the story line created
by King in the original version.
Assessment:
-Collect their endings (10 points)
Integrated English/Hunter
Blizzard Bag #3 (10 points)
Name___________________________
Last week you were assignd a short story to read by Stephen King called “Suffer the Little Children”. The story,
however, was a bit incomplete because I withheld King’s original ending. So, what I would like you to do is to
create your own ending for his story. Decide if you want to tell the story from the teacher’s point of you or
Robert’s point of view. Consider the previous events and elements from the story and try to maintain the
same tone/style as King.
Assignment: Write a three paragraph ending for the short story “Suffer the Little Children” with correct
spelling and punctuation. Use the bottom and back of this worksheet for YOUR version.