Enjoy these stories that second graders created using
the "Picturing Writing" process. The
stories were part of their "Animal" and
"Winter" curriculum themes. Following
direct teaching and modeling of story elements
(beginning, middle, end, setting, characters,
problem, solution) students created their paintings,
verbally rehearsed their stories, brainstormed
descriptive words and wrote. Peer and teacher
conferencing were an important part of this process.
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David's Owl Story |
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Mary Beth's Weasel Story |
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Todd's Winter Story |
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Andrew's Winter Story |
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Credits: "Picturing
Writing: Fostering Literacy Through Art" is
an art- and literature-based writing approach
developed by Beth Olshansky. Its progression of
mini-lessons teach key literary elements of writing:
sense of setting, sequencing, beginning, middle, end,
plot development, character development, use of
descriptive language and voice.
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