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Writing Narrative Style

Narrative Essay Examples In a narrative essay you tell a story, but you also make a point. So, it is like a story told for a reason. A narrative essay uses all the story elements - a beginning and ending, plot, characters, setting and climax - all coming together to complete the story. Essential Elements of…

There are so many brilliant teachers who are committed to sharing their great ideas that motivate students to write. This idea from Lisa Storm Fink also offers a full step-by-step lesson plan. So, let your students know it's time to write about their favorite subject - themselves!! http://www.readwritethink.org/classroom-resources/lesson-plans/alphabiography-project-totally-937.html

Stories Teach Us about Ourselves

In her book Raising Lifelong Learners Lucy Calkins states, “Teachers know the value of talking about books… helping children to have conversations about texts, will help them to have conversations in their minds’ eyes as they read silently. This sort of learning into the story makes for active, powerful reading.” Powerful reading broadens the mind…

At the time Americans celebrate Thanksgiving, it is a good idea to pause to teach children how to EXPRESS thanks. The Today Show has many wonderful ideas for all ages, including these for elementary school-age children: 1. Hand-write thank-you’s. One sentence per grade is a good rule of thumb, and be sure to send them out promptly.…