>Try pulling a flip on them- a workshop assignment where they write the ending to a story rather than the beginning. Design a story from the inside out or in reverse. You can make a graphic organizer to reflect this. You could also have students choose from a variety of endings, and work their story into that ending. I find that after once or twice, they find their own ideas to be better than my "canned" versions. Good Luck and happy endings.
Send lit mailing list submissions to > [email protected] > > To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit > > http://mail.literacyworkshop.org/mailman/listinfo/lit_literacyworkshop.org > > or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to > [email protected] > > You can reach the person managing the list at > [email protected] > > When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific > than "Re: Contents of lit digest..." > > > Today's Topics: > > 1. completion (Bill IVEY) > 2. Re: completion (Melinda Hildebrand) > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Message: 1 > Date: Wed, 02 Mar 2011 13:48:57 -0500 > From: "Bill IVEY" <[email protected]> > To: [email protected] > Subject: [LIT] completion > Message-ID: <[email protected]> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 > > Hi! > > Lots of my students this year are really gifted writers in many ways, and > they have created a genuinely supportive community of writers. This is all > very cool, obviously, and I'm very proud of them. > > However, as we get into the year, an increasing number of kids are telling > me they love getting stories started, but have a hard time sustaining them > right through the end. Some of them, to be fair, have stories that are > getting to be more like short novellas, but still incomplete. How do you > all work effectively with students to get them to complete work they've > begun rather than always starting something new? I can't help but think > that would be a useful skill for them to acquire. > > Take care, > Bill > > > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 2 > Date: Wed, 2 Mar 2011 15:20:26 -0600 > From: Melinda Hildebrand <[email protected]> > To: "A list for improving literacy with focus on middle grades." > <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: [LIT] completion > Message-ID: > <[email protected]> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 > > I would love to learn that lesson for myself! But, agree that we should > teach our students this skill. Hope to learn some insight. > > Mindy > > On Wed, Mar 2, 2011 at 12:48 PM, Bill IVEY <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Hi! >> >> Lots of my students this year are really gifted writers in many ways, >> and >> they have created a genuinely supportive community of writers. This is >> all >> very cool, obviously, and I'm very proud of them. >> >> However, as we get into the year, an increasing number of kids are >> telling >> me they love getting stories started, but have a hard time sustaining >> them >> right through the end. Some of them, to be fair, have stories that are >> getting to be more like short novellas, but still incomplete. How do you >> all work effectively with students to get them to complete work they've >> begun rather than always starting something new? I can't help but think >> that would be a useful skill for them to acquire. >> >> Take care, >> Bill >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> The Literacy Workshop ListServ http://www.literacyworkshop.org >> >> To unsubscribe or modify your membership please go to >> http://literacyworkshop.org/mailman/options/lit_literacyworkshop.org. >> >> Search the LIT archives at http://snipurl.com/LITArchive >> > > > > -- > Melinda Hildebrand > 6th Grade Language Arts > American School of Guatemala > > > ------------------------------ > > _______________________________________________ > The Literacy Workshop ListServ http://www.literacyworkshop.org > > To unsubscribe or modify your membership please go to > http://literacyworkshop.org/mailman/options/lit_literacyworkshop.org. > > Search the LIT archives at http://snipurl.com/LITArchive. > > > End of lit Digest, Vol 62, Issue 1 > ********************************** > > -- > SECURITY REMINDER: > DO NOT give your e-mail login and password to anyone. EduTech will NEVER > ask you to provide this information. If this message is asking for > personal information, it did not come from EduTech. - Vaccine1 > > _______________________________________________ The Literacy Workshop ListServ http://www.literacyworkshop.org To unsubscribe or modify your membership please go to http://literacyworkshop.org/mailman/options/lit_literacyworkshop.org. Search the LIT archives at http://snipurl.com/LITArchive
