Realistic Fiction- A Chance to get Creative!

When we write realistic fiction stories we ask ourselves, “What would happen if…”

We had some great ideas: What if we had a corgi puppy as our class pet? What if Kyan had his own house? What if someone stole Ixell’s new shoes? What if Richard lived in Hollywood. Below, two of our writers, are sharing their excellent realistic fiction stories.

Amorie’s Realistic Fiction

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Andre’s Realistic Fiction

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Civil Rights: Rosa Parks Compare and Contrast

We have read an interesting article on Rosa Parks from the Duckster website this week. Today, students will have the chance to compare and contrast the article with another article from the Scholastic reading site below. Here are some things to think about the articles when comparing and contrasting:

– Is there any new information presented by the Scholastic article?

– Did the authors write these articles for the same reason?

– Are the articles both organized in the same way?

We have been working on writing down small notes after reading  a chunk of text to check our comprehension because, “The most important thing is to comprehend!” (We say that a lot in here!) Check out Ixell, Francisco, and Amorie’s great notes. We can tell they really understood those paragraphs.

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Brainstorm, Plan, and Keep Planning

Just like our favorite author,Barbara O’Connor and Phyllis Reynolds Naylor, when we write our narrative stories we start by making a plan. Below, some of our class authors are showing off the fantastic plans they are using to write a story. Notice the way they have planned for the beginning, middle, and end of their stories as well as a climax, or big moment. The students have also included what their secondary characters will be doing at certain points in their stories.

Kyan’s Plan:
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Ixell’s plan and her engaging lead:
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Antwan’s plan and his engaging lead: photo 1
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Adding Details!

Today, we tried to view narrative writing done by Ruby, a student in Room 4 at the Upper Moutere School in New Zealand (that’s on the other side of the world), but our internet at school won’t let us view Blogspot! Grrr. So I took screenshots of Ruby’s story so that we can enjoy it! Check out the wonderful way she included extra details into her work to make her story come alive! Visit Ruby’s work, on her class blog, and leave her a positive comment! Remember to write in a complete sentence and only leave your first name!

Ixell, in our own class right here in America, finished her story today! She spent a lot of time thinking about a special memory in her life. Check out how she uses repeated lines in her story to make the suspense grow!

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I just love her last sentence! “And I felt so Proud.” It gives me chills. 🙂

P.S Last night, while we were sleeping, the students from St. Vincent Room at Auckland Point School, in Nelson, New Zealand visited our blog and read Ixell’s story! Check out their comment above. They have an awesome blog that you can visit at home. It looks like they are adding details to their writing as well. Check out Ralph’s descriptions about the sun! Now, when we look at the sun, we are going to think about cheese! Great writing Ralph!