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Teaching to Write Fiction Stories – Upper Elementary Semester 1

Grades

Week 1: Introduction to this course and to fiction writing

Why should I write fiction?

Introduction to this course

Read a short story

The elements of a short story

Planning a story - Beginning, Middle and End

Examples of story actions

Dictating or typing stories (especially if any of your students have dyslexia or dysgraphia)

Students write their own very short story

Weeks 2 and 3: Create Story Ideas

Create story ideas

Use genres for story ideas

Use this site's story prompts to activate your students' imagination

Activity: Create a list of fun story ideas

Write a short story using one of the ideas

Week 4: Revising your Story

All writers revise their stories

How to study a story to find flaws

Making revisions to a story

Activity: Choose a story to revise (or write a new story)

Revise the story

Weeks 5 and 6: Developing Characters

What makes a character interesting?

Activity: Read a short story about an interesting character

The main character must be active

Physical and emotional descriptions

Activity: Create a list of interesting character traits

Character wants and needs

Activity: Building a character profile

Write a short story about the main character

Weeks 7 and 8: Crafting a Plot

What is a plot?

Read a story with an interesting plot

Conflict in a story

The Plot Diagram

The importance of stakes

Activity: Create an interesting plot

Write a story with an interesting plot

Weeks 9 and 10: Point of View

Who tells the story: First, Second, and Third Person Points of View

Read a story with different points of view and perspectives

Why use each type of Point of View

Write a story with one of the Points of View

Rewrite the story with a different Point of View

Revise both stories

The Movie Frozen and the power of Point of View

Weeks 11 and 12: Dialogue

The role of dialogue in stories

Read a story with interesting dialogue

Writing realistic dialogue

Punctuation and format of dialogue

Using dialogue to reveal character's ideas and motivations

Creating a conflict with dialogue and turning it into a story

Activity: Create an idea for a story with a conflict expressed as dialogue

Write a short story with dialogue between two characters

Weeks 13 and 14: Interesting Antagonists

Why the Antagonist should be interesting

How to make the Antagonist interesting

Activity: Create a story idea and define possible points of view

Write a story with an interesting antagonist

Week 15: Revise and Show a Final Story

The importance of revising the story

Read a story with different versions to see how revisions work

Editing a story

Activity: Write a story of their choosing

Revise and edit the story

Read a story with different points of view and perspectives

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