Using a Mentor Text in Writer's Workshop- 1st grade and Kindergarten
Summary
TLDRIn this interactive lesson, the instructor encourages students to enhance their storytelling by incorporating speech bubbles to bring their characters to life, inspired by the author George McClellan. The teacher demonstrates how to add dialogue to a story using a personal example of a trip to the park and climbing a super slide. Students are invited to review their own stories and add speech bubbles where their characters speak, making the stories more dynamic. The session concludes with a student, Jeremy, sharing his story, highlighting the effectiveness of dialogue in storytelling.
Takeaways
- ✏️ The speaker encourages children to be writers and mentions George McCleod as an example.
- 📚 The focus of the lesson is on adding dialogue and speech bubbles to make characters come alive in their stories.
- 👩🏫 The speaker provides a personal story about going to the park and going down a super slide, using it as an example of how to integrate speech bubbles.
- 🗨️ The speaker emphasizes how dialogue can be added to enhance storytelling, just like George McCleod's writing.
- 🎨 Children are encouraged to look at their own stories and think about where they can add speech bubbles to show characters speaking.
- 📝 The speaker demonstrates how to add dialogue by revisiting her own story and inserting speech bubbles where characters are talking.
- 👦 The speaker shares a story by a student named Jeremy, where he added dialogue about his experience at the movie theater.
- 👏 The class praises Jeremy for incorporating speech bubbles into his story, with the movie 'Super Mario World' as an example.
- 🎤 The speaker emphasizes that dialogue helps bring characters to life, asking students to apply this technique in their own writing.
- 👍 The speaker encourages students to try adding speech bubbles during their writing time and uses positive reinforcement to motivate them.
Q & A
What is the main objective of the lesson in the transcript?
-The main objective of the lesson is to teach students how to add dialogue, specifically using speech bubbles, to make their characters come alive in their stories, similar to how George McClellan writes.
Who is the author mentioned as a reference in the lesson?
-The author mentioned is George McClellan, who the teacher encourages students to emulate by using speech bubbles in their writing.
What example does the teacher use to demonstrate adding speech bubbles in a story?
-The teacher shares a story about going to the park with her sister Crystal and feeling excited about trying the super slide. She demonstrates adding a speech bubble by having the character say, 'I am so excited!' as part of the story.
How does the teacher help students understand the importance of speech bubbles?
-The teacher explains that adding speech bubbles can help make characters come to life and allows readers to see what the characters are saying in the story, enhancing the storytelling experience.
What task does the teacher assign to the students during the lesson?
-The teacher asks the students to look at their stories and see if there are places where their characters could be speaking. The students are encouraged to add speech bubbles where their characters talk to make their stories more engaging.
How does the teacher engage the students in the lesson?
-The teacher engages the students by using interactive storytelling, asking for their attention, demonstrating how to use speech bubbles, and encouraging them to reflect on their own stories to add dialogue.
What example from a student’s story is shared during the lesson?
-Jeremy, a student, shares his story about going to the movie theaters to watch 'Super Mario World.' In his story, he uses dialogue by saying 'Yay, yay' when he was excited to watch the movie.
What feedback does the teacher give to Jeremy about his story?
-The teacher praises Jeremy for using dialogue in his story and encourages the rest of the class to do the same by adding speech bubbles to their own stories.
What technique does the teacher use to model the writing process for the students?
-The teacher models the writing process by showing her own story and thinking aloud as she adds dialogue and speech bubbles to her characters, making the process clear for the students.
What is the teacher's final instruction to the students at the end of the lesson?
-The teacher asks the students to read their own stories and identify where they can add speech bubbles to make their characters talk, encouraging them to try this technique in their writing.
Outlines
✍️ Encouraging Writing Like George McClellan
The speaker begins by addressing the students, encouraging them to pay attention as they prepare to write stories like author George McClellan. The speaker highlights the importance of speech bubbles in making characters 'come alive' in a story, using an example of their own personal story about going to the park and using a super slide. They demonstrate how to add dialogue and incorporate speech bubbles, inviting the students to reflect on their own stories and think of ways to add character dialogue.
🎬 Jeremy’s Story and Final Writing Tips
The speaker shares a story from a student named Jeremy, who describes his experience at the movie theater watching 'Super Mario World.' The speaker asks Jeremy if there was dialogue in his story, praising his effort. The speaker then encourages all students to try using speech bubbles in their own stories, emphasizing how adding dialogue can make characters come to life. The students are encouraged to give Jeremy an 'awesome job' for his story, and the session ends with the speaker reminding the students to be mindful of speech bubbles when writing.
Mindmap
Keywords
💡Writers
💡George McClellan
💡Speech bubble
💡Character
💡Dialogue
💡Story
💡Super slide
💡Excitement
💡Sharing stories
💡Creative process
Highlights
The speaker encourages the students to write like George McLeod, emphasizing the transformation into writers.
The speaker asks the students to use speech bubbles to make characters in their stories come alive.
A connection is made between writing and transforming, using the metaphor of how the 'Veggie Monster' transforms.
The speaker uses their own story as an example, about a day at the park, to demonstrate adding speech bubbles.
The speaker illustrates the excitement of a moment in a story, explaining how to express emotions with dialogue.
The speaker refers to a dialogue in their own story: 'I am so excited to go on the super slide,' showing the use of a speech bubble.
Encourages students to find moments in their own stories where characters could be speaking, using speech bubbles to enhance storytelling.
The importance of characters talking in a story is highlighted as a way to bring them to life.
The speaker gives students time to reflect on their own stories and think about where to add speech bubbles.
Students are encouraged to read their stories silently and find moments to add dialogue.
A student named Jeremy shares his story about going to the movie theater, and the speaker highlights his use of dialogue.
Jeremy's story about going to the 'Super Mario World' movie is shared as an example of adding dialogue in a narrative.
The speaker applauds Jeremy's efforts, encouraging other students to follow his example and add speech bubbles.
The speaker encourages students to practice adding dialogue not only today but in any future writing.
Students are asked to return to their desks and try adding speech bubbles, reinforcing the day's lesson.
Transcripts
on the front
okay so boys and girls do you know when
it's writing time you transform just
like how the Veggie Monster transforms
they're not boys and girls you know when
you come
so I'm gonna call you brother because
you're a writer just like George McLeod
you ready writers
okay can you put your stories to the
side because I don't want you to mess it
up like this okay
so lighter can I have everyone's
attention
all right
writers guess what today we're gonna do
something
just like the author George McClellan so
we're going to try and write a story
just like him and my friend Felix
noticed something so cool about the
writer
like big words
and someone else noticed
how the mom and dad
they're talking in the story right with
the speech bubble so I was thinking
today that you want to try in our
stories
me
if your people the characters are they
talking can we use a speech bubble yeah
so today I want to show you how we can
be writer a writer like George Michael
using using speech bubble
characters come alive and that way I can
see like what's happening in your story
okay so let me show you all right ready
watch me
and everyone's attention
watch me
okay
here's my story
on a hot sunny day I went to the park
with my sister Crystal I was so excited
to try the super slide because it was
very scary
just like
yeah
I saw the super slime but was feeling
nervous to try it
suddenly I climbed up sat down and put
my hand up
I went down the slide
I was so proud of myself
so writers I'm gonna think here how can
I make my
my story like George McClellan because
today I wanted to focus on
Beach bubble in here where was I talking
to my sister let me see
I remember I was telling my sister here
I'm so excited
to go on the super slide
so
speech bubble
here and I'm gonna say
I was so excited to go on the super
slide and then I can grab this and then
put it in my words what so see I think I
oops I am
so excited
like that and then here I traveled to my
word
I shouted
I am so
excited
did you see that writer yeah and then
even on the next page let me see did I
have something on the next page oh
I saw the super slide but was feeling
nervous to try it
I didn't say anything there
suddenly I climbed up sat down and put
my hand up and then I did it I went down
the slide I was so proud of myself oh
Riders here do you know what Miss
Courtney said when I was going down
[Music]
I was screaming
as I went down the slide
so did you see what I did writers I
thought is there anywhere story that I
can be like George mcclemons and add
dialogue let me check
I want you to try it
can you look at your story that you
brought to the carpet and can you think
and I'm going to give you a little
speech bubble okay can you think is
there anywhere in my story that I can
add why one of my characters talking
because I'm gonna make them come to life
okay read your stories right now to
yourself
okay read your story if you don't have
any words you have pictures you know how
your stories you can read it
foreign
[Music]
[Music]
all right
thank you
thank you
yeah just one and then you can move it
around
here
all right
I don't know
[Music]
okay
writers
I have something to share with you
my friend Jeremy he shared his story
with me are you ready to hear real quick
okay put your put your stories down so
you can listen
Jeremy said this one day I went to the
movie theaters
and and he said here I said yay yay
then I watched the movie what movie was
it Germany
Super Mario World
then we went home
right Jeremy and I told him was anybody
else talking he said no just in the
beginning I did awesome job Ryder can
you tell Jeremy awesome job Jeremy
how many of you are you ready to try
this in your writing
so writers today and anytime you guys
are writing if your characters or your
people in your story they need to talk
to say something to make them come to
life you can add a speech bubble and
then here just added to your word thumbs
up who's gonna try it today
he's a green Rule and you tip your toe
back to your death with your right
tippy toes
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