What is The Story Grammar Marker?
The Story Grammar Marker is a hands-on manipulative tool that
teachers and parents can use to model the discourse skills required for
students to think, learn and communicate verbally and in writing.
Comprised of a series of icons that represent the essential components
of a story, The Marker prompts students to remember proper story
sequencing. These elements are:
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Character
Setting
Initiating Event (Kick-Off)
Internal Response (emotion of feelings)
Plan
Attempts
Direct Consequence(s)
Resolution
The Story Grammar Marker was designed to complement existing
teaching aides.
How does The Story Grammar Marker Help Students to Succeed?
Research has proven that nearly 90% of what is read by elementary
school children is narrative in form. Narrative skills:
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Unlock the keys to literacy, critical thinking, and reading
comprehension.
Connect speech and written language skills.
Link the language of home and the classroom.
Connect the reader to that which he or she reads on a personal
level.
The Story Grammar Marker® builds essential narrative skills leading to
academic and social success by helping students to grasp:
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Characterization
Temporal Sequences
Cause and Effect Relationships
Problem Solving
Plans of Action that Spring from Feelings