Using the “Start with What ISN’T There” Lesson.
December 14, 2007 at 12:30 pm | In Picture Book Lessons |
WritingFix has a fabulous (and free-to-use) on-line lesson inspired by Stephen Kramer’s picture book, Caves. Click here to read the lesson’s overview and have access to all its resources.
If you’ve used this lesson with your students, we want to hear:
1) What worked well for you with the lesson; or…
2) What adaptations did you make to have success with your students; or…
3) Anything else you think other teachers would enjoy hearing.
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My students thoroughly enjoyed this lesson. I shared the intro to the Caves book and asked them to share the feelings it invoked. We then talked about why they thought the author chose to begin in such a unique way. They decided that it was because he wanted to hook his readers in a way that wouldn’t let them go. I then began my own story about an event from my life that held a great deal of emotion for me. I used strong “what wasn’t there” ideas to produce my intended tone for my audience. Next, I asked class to think of an experience that created strong emotions for them and begin listing the ideas that WERE NOT THERE. They developed some very creative pieces with more emotion than I even could have predicted. Thank you for such a great tool to entice quality writing.