"New Choice" - An Introduction to Storytelling and Literary Elements (view)
Units included with this Open Author resource:
- Resources
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- Learning goals:
- Students wil collaborate in small groups to create a shared product., Students will understand how authorial choice affect the creation and understanding of texts.
- Keywords:
- Collaboration, Interactive, Storytelling, Writing, Reading, Literary Elements
- Alignment:
- VA.ELA.9.1.e, VA.ELA.9.1.f, VA.ELA.9.4.b
- Classroom Procedures
- Exit Reflection
Summary
This lesson remixes an original lesson plan created by Austin Meyer entitled: "Teach Design: New Choice." This will work well as an introduction to a storytelling unit or a creative writing class. It is also a fun and interactive anticipatory activity when introducing the idea of close-reading for authorial choice. Students will work in small groups to create an original story based on a whole-class prompt. Each group, however, will have a different literary element to change as the story continues (for example, character or conflict). When "new choice" is called, a new storyteller from the group takes over and adjusts the story as needed in order to meet the challenge of the new choice.