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The 2006-2007 Clow School Storytelling Festival is a
year long celebration! Sue Black our storyteller in residence, kicked
off the celebration in October with a workshop that taught our students how
telling a story first and adding lots of interesting details will bring their writing to life.
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By answering the "W" questions, students add details to their stories
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Even kindergartners participated and developed their
own story. They learned that each story has a beginning, a middle, and
an end. That means three main parts need to be in any story. |
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Third graders were working on animal reports during
the time of Mrs. Black's visit. So they used an expository example of a
report about a dog and made it as interesting as a story. After third
grade students wrote down a beginning, middle and end of the dog report,
they volunteered to help create a living report for all to see. What
they discovered was how easy it is to edit their report and make it more
interesting by adding details and then moving sentences and ideas around
to make it sound better.
Students actually developed their report and improved it
as it was being written right before their eyes. |
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Fourth graders expanded on the third grade process
and told their story to a partner before the living story was told to
the entire group. |
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Third, fourth, and fifth graders had a great time watching their teachers draw a
picture as students provided the details that answered the "W"
questions. What a surprise that all of the pictures were different and
pretty good too :-) |
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Mr. Fekete did a pretty good job as he listened to details provided
by the third graders. Students enjoyed every detail. |
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Mr. Sovern listened pretty carefully too. His result was very
interesting and a lot of fun to create. Notice how his details are very
different from Mr. Fekete's. |
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Mr. Vieira did his best to include all of the details that he was
given. His drawing turned out great too. What everyone realized in this
exercise was that no matter how a story is told, the listener determines
what he or she sees in their own imagination but the details do make a
difference. |
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First graders told their story as they developed it. When one
sentence needed to be moved, it was a very easy thing to do. Mrs. Black
just moved the student. |
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Second graders put everything together too. They wrote down their
beginnings, middles, and ends. They also took a story and developed it
together. |
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What our students learned during Mrs. Black's visit they will use in
all areas of the curriculum. Stories are everywhere. It was a terrific
day! |
