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Pizzaz, Creative Writing & Storytelling: Chain Stories Lesson PlanPizzaz, Creative Writing & Storytelling: Chain Stories Lesson Plan
Publisher
University of Oregon
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3rd - 5th
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English Language Arts
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Lexile Measures
1150L
Lesson Plan

Pizzaz, Creative Writing & Storytelling: Chain Stories

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This PIZZAZ (People Interested in Zippy and ZAny Zcribbling) lesson plan will engage students in writing chain stories. A variation of the lesson is provided as an extension during the publishing phase of writing.

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CCSS: Adaptable

Concepts

authors, creative writing, writing fiction

Additional Tags

author teams, chain stories, chain story, writing short stories, short story

Classroom Considerations

  • Knovation Readability Score: 5 (1 low difficulty, 5 high difficulty)
  • The intended use for this resource is Instructional

Common Core

W.3.3.a W.5.3.b W.5.3.e RL.5.9 W.4.3.b RL.3.9

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