http://writingfix2.edublogs.org/2008/02/25/using-the-make-an-adventure-lesson/ Teachers Sharing Writing Lessons. Teachers Adapting Writing Lessons. Teachers Sharing Adaptations. Wed, 16 Jun 2010 18:42:23 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 http://writingfix2.edublogs.org/2008/02/25/using-the-make-an-adventure-lesson/comment-page-1/#comment-56 Kathy Thu, 03 Dec 2009 01:40:28 +0000 http://writingfix2.edublogs.org/2008/02/25/using-the-make-an-adventure-lesson/#comment-56 As I read this fabulous lesson, I am reminded of a lesson I've done with students in grades 3-5. I use The Mysteries of Harris Burdick by Chris Van Allsburg. The book is really just a collection of illustrations that were supposedly left behind by the talented Mr. Burdick. Each sketch has a title and a sentence or two from a story Mr. Burdick is thinking of writing. He leaves the sketches with a publisher but never returns. What were the stories that were supposed to go along with these incredible sketches? Were the sentences meant to be the beginning of a story, the middle, the end...? I have the students choose a picture they want to write about, copy the sentence at the beginning, middle or end of their paper (wherever they think it fits) and then write the rest of the story. Now I will use this three paragraph adventurer format to more fully flesh out for the kids what I want to see in their writing. Thanks so much for sharing this! As I read this fabulous lesson, I am reminded of a lesson I’ve done with students in grades 3-5. I use The Mysteries of Harris Burdick by Chris Van Allsburg. The book is really just a collection of illustrations that were supposedly left behind by the talented Mr. Burdick. Each sketch has a title and a sentence or two from a story Mr. Burdick is thinking of writing. He leaves the sketches with a publisher but never returns. What were the stories that were supposed to go along with these incredible sketches? Were the sentences meant to be the beginning of a story, the middle, the end…? I have the students choose a picture they want to write about, copy the sentence at the beginning, middle or end of their paper (wherever they think it fits) and then write the rest of the story. Now I will use this three paragraph adventurer format to more fully flesh out for the kids what I want to see in their writing. Thanks so much for sharing this!

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