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Adventure Story Writing: Differentiating Content for All Learners (5…
Adventure Story Writing: Differentiating Content for All Learners
Writing Goals:
Writers get ideas from mentor texts.
Writers of adventures describe the setting.
Characters in adventure stories interact with the setting.
5 students who do not use any descriptive details at all to describe the setting. Some do not mention the setting at all. Stories lack a general structure, there isn’t a sentence to introduce the beginning, or a clear ending. No adjectives or adverbs used at all. Some students are ELL learners and lack vocabulary in English to express details. 2 students find writing very challenging and have low writing stamina and ability to focus for longer periods of time.
Students who lack understanding of story structure
Teach what a setting is
Teach how characters interact with setting
Teach organization of story structure: Beginning, Middle and End
Students who have low writing stamina
Teach writing engagement strategies and setting writing goals
Students who are ELL Learners
Teach basic parts of speech: basic nouns and simple adjectives with visuals
Teach nouns that represent character
Teach vocabulary of different settings
12 students gave some descriptive details to talk about the setting.Some adjectives are used and descriptive phrases (the sky was blue, I felt comfortable).
Show Don't Tell what places are like
Varying word choice by studying mentor texts
Using sensory details to describe places
Revising writing to add in sensory details
Use adjectives to describe characters
5 students used very descriptive vocabulary (the wind was blowing, I felt the burning sand, birds were singing).
Explore how characters interact with setting and how setting affects them
Describe how settings can change over time- from the past and present
Revise writing to add more descriptive details
Write adventure stories where characters change settings and problems progressively worsen before they are resolved.
Revise writing to reduce repetitive descriptive details
Describe how setting can worsen the character's problem or present new challenges.