A 3 R D GRADE LANGUAGE ARTS PROJECTBY MR. THOMPSON

Surprising Story

Prompt

We can all think of or imagine a time when a teacher surprised us.

Think of or imagine a time when a teacher surprised you.

Now write a story about one time a teacher surprised you.

Plan

Beginning• Characters• Setting• Problem

Middle• Attempt #1 that fails• Attempt #2 that fails

End• Attempt #3 that solves the

problem (solution)

FOR THIS PROJECT WE WILL BE MAKING PLANS FOR WRITING THE MIDDLE AND

END OF OUR STORY USING OUR NARRATIVE STRATEGIES: TIEFET & TIEES

Planning

Now, let’s plan out the two attempts that fail in the middle of our story using TIEFET!

Next, let’s plan out the end of this story using TIEES!

NOW THAT WE HAVE OUR PLANS DONE IT ’S TIME TO WRITE. REMEMBER TO USE YOUR PLANS FOR EACH ATTEMPT, ADDING

DETAILS AS YOU WRITE TO MAKE THEM INTERESTING!

Writing

Beginning (Example)

A good beginning should:

1. Introduce characters

2. Describe setting

3. Introduce the problem

Plan (TIEFET) Paragraph

Attempt #1 (Example)

Plan (TIEFET) Paragraph

Attempt #2 (Example)

Plan (TIEES) Paragraph

Solution (Example)

Hooray! You’ve finished!