Lesson Plan
What Happens Next?
Featuring Stephanie's Ponytail by Robert Munsch, this creative writing lesson gives students the chance to turn themselves into the main characters of emotion-packed short stories.
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Learning Objectives
- Students will be able to incorporate emotional dialogue into their writing.
- Students will be able to write narratives in which they recount two or more sequenced events, include some details, use temporal words, and provide a sense of closure.
Introduction
(15 minutes)- Talk to the class about what emotion is and how we can incorporate it into our writing.
- Ask students to think about stories they've read. Ask students to share some emotions they've seen while reading.
- Read Stephanie's Ponytail aloud. As you read, have students predict upcoming events.
- Remind students that to predict is to make a guess about something that will happen in the future.