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Growing Up: The Individual and Society Lesson Plan
Students will write fictional or autobiographical narratives including a developed standard plot line (having a beginning, conflict, rising action, climax, and resolution) and point of view. They will develop complex major and minor characters and a definite setting, and engage in a detailed content revision and editing process. Finally, students will electronically publish a narrative piece of writing.

Growing Up: The Individual and Society

• "Handout: Elements of a Roller Coaster"
• "Worksheet: Roller Coaster Graphic Organizer" (Word)
• "Worksheet: Roller Coaster Story Elements"
• "Handout: Show Don't Tell"
• "Handout: Character Development"
• "Worksheet: Character Development Graphic Organizer" (Word)
• "Handout: Setting"
• "Worksheet: Setting Graphic Organizer" (Word)
• "Handout: Roller Coaster Plot"
• "Worksheet: Plot Graphic Organizer" (Word)
• "Worksheet: Revision Response Guidelines" (Word)
• "Writing Process Rubric"
• "Narrative Writing Rubric"
• "Handout: Lead and Concluding Paragraphs"
• "Handout: Foreshadowing"
• "Step Sheet: Using an Electronic Thesaurus"
• "Step Sheet: Creating a New Document"
• "Step Sheet: Creating WordArt"
  "Step Sheet: Inserting Pictures into Microsoft Word"

On-line Resources

• ABC's of the Writing Process
  This site offers some excellent links to all stages of the writing process: prewriting, writing, revising, editing, publishing.
• Creative Writing for Teens
  A comprehensive site on writing with teens that includes lesson plans and posting opportunities.
• Fiction Writer's Character Chart
  Teachers may print out this chart for students to flush out various aspects of main characters.
• Kids Writing and Art at Kids Online Magazine
  This site publishes kids' writing, with parental permission.
• Narrative Prompts
  This resource provides six sample prompts for practicing narrative writing. Important pre-writing and writing steps are included when applicable.
• Noun and Verb Charades Language Arts Lesson Plan
  A great lesson plan for helping students to create characters.
• Teaching Creative Writing
  This web site contains units for teaching facets of creative writing and the complete lesson plans for a creative writing course.
• Writing Fiction – Character Development
  This site asks, "How well do you know your character?" Subsequent questions lead authors through the process of creating more realistic characters.

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