The fourth grade students presented their realistic fiction stories to family and friends last Wednesday evening. The students spent the year reading fiction in their book group to familiarize themselves with the genre and the literary devices that authors use when crafting a story. To create their own stories, the students brainstormed ideas and dug deep to think of a topic they had some personal knowledge about. Once they settled on their topic idea, they were asked to consider the who, when why, what and where about their story. They created character traits for the individuals in their stories and were asked to weave them in descriptively throughout. The students were given story maps to summarize and plot their rising action and story climax.
When the students finished writing, they peer edited, revised, and practiced reading their stories aloud with fellow classmates. On the night of their presentation, they were excited to share and nervous at the same time.
Their stories were phenomenal and everyone did an amazing job that evening!
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