Lesson Plan
Exciting Titles!
Read a well-loved story aloud to your second graders and inspire them to write funny titles. In this lesson, students will brainstorm outrageous titles of their very own!
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Learning Objectives
Students will be able to create a unique title for a piece of creative writing.
Introduction
(10 minutes)- Read aloud a favorite fiction book to your class, such as A Bad Case of Stripes by David Shannon.
- After the story, ask your class if they think the title matches the story or if they would suggest a different title and why. Review the definition of a title as needed. In this case a title is the name of a book or piece of writing.
- Ask students to turn and talk to a partner to share their thinking. Share out as a class.
- Point out that a well-written title goes with the story, gets you excited to read the book, and previews something in the story without giving everything away.
- Tell the class that today they will practice coming up with titles on their own. These titles can be used to write stories in the future.