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Story Map- upper
grades
Use the
"Thinking about Stories" template in Kidspiration or the "Literary
Web" template in Inspiration 7 to create a web of characters,
setting, and events. |
from
Adopted By an Owl
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Story Map- lower
grades
Students in the lower grades may have trouble manipulating the
story map template in Kidspiration. Have them create a more
simplified version of a story map. |
from
The Little Red Hen
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Story Comparison
Text to Text Connections help students with comprehension. Use Inspiration 7's "Comparison" template
to compare/contrast two stories. This is a great one computer
classroom activity. Students in pairs can rotate to a computer to
add one idea to the web. |
from
The Hat and The Mitten
by Jan Brett
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Character Map
Use the "Character"
template available in either program to identify and describe character traits.
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from
Snowflake Bentley
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Compare/Contrast
Characters
This web
was created in Kidspiration. It's a effective way for students to
make text-to-self connections.
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from
Frindle
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Review Questions
Groups
of students write comprehension questions and answers.
They can quiz their classmates by projecting the web and using the
"Hide All Subtopics" feature in Inspiration 7 to hide the answers.
One by one they can display the answers. |
from
Charlotte's Web
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Point of View
Choose a
student to play the role of the main character in a story. Other
students in the class or in his/her group can ask questions for the
character (student) to answer. |
from
The True Story of the
3 Little Pigs
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Story Rewrite
Using the "talking
bubble"
symbols in Kidspiration, students can write a new version to a
familiar story. In the example to the right, a group of 2 students
rewrote the story, The Little Red Hen.
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The Little Red Hen Makes
a Banana Split
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