EXTENDING THE STORY GRID
Find a news
article that would
support Ma's idea
that war is awful.
Cut out 50 strong
words from the
news. Write a news
poem for this story.
One student reads a
news story aloud.
The other writes
questions about it.
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Prepare a passage of
at least 30 lines to
read with
fluency.
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Write one chapter
from Thad or
Abigail's point
of view.
Read aloud an
editorial to the
class. Identify the
writer's position on
the issue.
Create a wordless
comic strip to tell
this story.
Act out one of the
scenes in Sudden
Squall.
Pick a news story.
Identify the 5W's
and H.
Make a list of the
ship's rules on the
Neptune.
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Skim a news article
for 5 minutes. Now
write what you can
recall.
Create a current
events game show
like Jeopardy for the
class.
Read a news article.
Identify two facts
and two opinions
in it.
Write a want ad for
someone to replace
Mr. Oliver.
Read aloud a news
story, feature, and
editorial. Class
decides which is
which.
Analyze the
meaning of the
symbols in an
editorial cartoon.
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Steamships were
key modes of
transport. Find a
story on transporta-
tion in today's news.
Compare/Contrast.
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Listen to the nightly
news.Find newspaper
article the next day on
same story.
Compare/Contrast.
Choose a photo in
the paper. Identify
the emotion in it.
Portray a character
from the story. Let
class identify who
it is.
This grid for extending the story can be used by students like a Bingo card. Have students
work in pairs and choose activities that will cover 5 squares horizontally, vertically, or diagonally.
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WR I T I NG
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