Everybody Needs a Bike
Reflecting on your past, your stories, and your adventures, what do you remember the most? What jumps out for you? Was it when you had an epic fail and crashed to the ground? When you biked around the countryside with your grandpa? Or maybe just that feeling of freedom as you hopped on your bike for the first time and rode the the playground all by yourself?
We asked parents and students to share their favourite memories about bikes. Check them out! Scroll down to see our writing plan as students' ideas unfold into cohesive narrative writing pieces.
Part 1: Five Ways to Annoy your Teacher
There are some instructions below. Step by step recipes, lego instructions, and some others. What do they have in common? What is different? If you were to make instructions to annoy your teacher, what would they be?
There are some instructions below. Step by step recipes, lego instructions, and some others. What do they have in common? What is different? If you were to make instructions to annoy your teacher, what would they be?
Part 2: Everybody Needs a Rock
Everybody needs a rock is a beautiful book, written by Byrd Baylor. What are the 10 rules for finding a rock? Can you deconstruct them and make a list?
Afterwards, think about some rules for choosing a bike. You are going to create a book, inspired by Everybody Needs a Rock. It will be refined, bound, and shared in Learning Commons! (Expand on 1 way to annoy your teacher/web parts of bikes/speed date/sketch a bike/write a list about finding a bike/expand on 1 each, 1/2-1 page in length)
Everybody needs a rock is a beautiful book, written by Byrd Baylor. What are the 10 rules for finding a rock? Can you deconstruct them and make a list?
Afterwards, think about some rules for choosing a bike. You are going to create a book, inspired by Everybody Needs a Rock. It will be refined, bound, and shared in Learning Commons! (Expand on 1 way to annoy your teacher/web parts of bikes/speed date/sketch a bike/write a list about finding a bike/expand on 1 each, 1/2-1 page in length)
Part 3: Personal Narratives
What makes a great personal narrative? Your teacher will show you a few samples of excellent narratives. (Develop criteria/build rubric/model bike narrative/write bike narrative/publish) .
Examples to come!!
What makes a great personal narrative? Your teacher will show you a few samples of excellent narratives. (Develop criteria/build rubric/model bike narrative/write bike narrative/publish) .
Examples to come!!