Focus Grade Level: 3rd
Mentor Text: The True Story of the Three Little Pigs by Jon Scieszka
Materials: The True Story of the Three Little Pigs by Jon Scieszka, pencil, paper, computer,white board, graphic organizer
Ohio Academic Content Standards:
Writing Process
Ohio Benchmarks 3-4:
D. Spend the necessary amount of time to revisit, rework, and refine pieces of writing.
E. Use revision strategies to improve the coherence of ideas, clarity of sentence structure, and effectiveness of word choices.
F. Use a variety of resources and materials to select more effective vocabulary when editing.
G. Edit to improve sentence fluency, grammar, and usage.
I. Prepare writing for publication that is legible, follows an appropriate format and uses techniques such as electronic resources and graphics.
Grade Level Indicators 3rd Grade:
3. Develop a purpose and audience for writing.
8. Use language for writing that is different from oral language, mimicking writing style of books when appropriate.
11. Add descriptive words and details and delete extraneous information.
13. Use resources and reference materials, including dictionaries, to select more effective vocabulary.
14. Proofread writing and edit to improve conventions and identify and correct fragments and run-ons.
Book Summary: The True Story of the Three Little Pigs is said to be the rest of the story to the classic fairy tale, The Three Little Pigs. However, it is written from the perspective of the wolf and how he feels that everything is just a big misunderstanding. He claims that he had a cold when he was going over to see the three little pigs, and he couldn't help but to sneeze when he arrived at the front door. In this funny tale, the wolf claims that the pigs houses were so poorly constructed and he shouldn't be to blame for eating them after they were already killed.
About the Author, Jon Scieszka:
"Before I became an author, I attended military school, studied pre-med in college, and worked as a lifeguard and house painter. I also taught computers, math, science, and history to kids in grades 1-8.
I write books because I love to make kids laugh. I read everything--comic books, newspapers, cereal boxes, poems--anything with writing on it. One of the first books I read was Green Eggs and Ham, by Dr. Seuss. It made me realize that books could be goofy. It's the book that made The Stinky Cheese Man possible."
Introduction: Today, after we reread The True Story of the Three Little Pigs, we are going to talk about how the author used "voice" throughout the story. So I want you to really listen to the story efferently now and figure out where and when the author is using "voice." What is voice? Why do you think it is an important element to include in a story, or is it important? Then, we are going to get a chance to write our own fractured fairy tale with three little voices, and one big bad voice.
Lesson Plan:- Read the True Story of the Three Little Pigs again to students. Tell them to pay attention to the wolf and everything he says and does throughout the story. They can take notes while reading if you desire them to do so.
- Read the story with passion and expression so kids can really grasp the concept of "voice."
- After reading, reference the original fairy tale, The Three Little Pigs.
- Ask the students to describe how the voice of the characters change from the original fairy tale to the fractured fairy tale. On the white board, have students come up and write something that the wolf said that stood out to them in the new story.
- Have students return to their seats and go over what stood out the most in the story. Revisit the question, "Why is voice important?" "Why did these certain points stick out to you while we were reading?"
- Discuss with the students how Scieszka did such an excellent job at creating voice throughout the story because we were truly able to understand the wolf based on hearing the tale from his perspective. When you add perspective to someone's point of view, in this case, the wolf's, voice is created. Tone, mood, and humor are all important to look at also. So now, knowing more about voice, how is voice evident throughout the story?
- Have students brainstorm animals that they will write about in their own fairy tale based off of The True Story of the Three Little Pigs for a pre-writing activity. Students will be inspired by the fairy tales just read, however, encourage them to write their own version of the story, using their own characters and voice. They can create a sequencing chart for the three events that will take place in their fairy tale.They can also write down next to the certain event different things they think they want their character to say.
- As you check each students' graphic organizer, have them go back to their seats and start writing their story. Give each student a self-check post-it that will help them know what you will be looking for as you look for evidence of THEIR voice. This is a lesson focused on voice, however, remind students there needs to be a beginning, middle, and end to their story.
- Remind them they need to try and capture the perspective of the character that they chose to be the narrator of their story.
- As students finish, have them whisper read their writing and use their self check-list to see if their writing reveals their voice and personality.
- Complete a mini-lesson on voice and have students work with a partner. Have students highlight different parts of their story that show dialogue, humor, tone, perspective, etc. Students will then try to come up with at least 2 other words or phrases that might fit there to make their story more entertaining or exciting. Then have them read their fairy tale to a partner and offer suggestions to each other. Students can use a Thesaurus to help them come up with different vocabulary words.
- Conference with each student as they finish to help them with the editing process (since they will be submitting their story online for publishing).
- Have students write their final copy and then they can use one of the two different publishing links listed below.
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