Imaginative Narrative

Topic: Tell about a time when a giant visited your classroom. Type: Expressive Audience: classmates and teacher Purpose: entertain Plan: Make a tree map, and then an extended flee map.

1)Brainstorm the story elements with a tree map Story Elements Characters Giant teacher class Setting Classroom Present time Problem/situation Giant disrupts the class Attempts to solve problem Give giant work to do Call principal Put in listening center Solution to the problem Teacher lets giant teach

2) Sequence for Writing with Flow Map Teacher gave giant math work Teacher calls the principal Teacher puts giant in the listening center Teacher lets giant teach

3) Write an opening paragraph. Mr. Lyons class had just begun their math assignment when all of a sudden the floor began to shake like an earthquake. Into the room stomped a nine foot giant dressed like a wood cutter. Teacher gave giant math work Teacher calls the principal Teacher puts giant in the listening center Teacher lets giant teach

4) Extend with Details by turning into a Flee Map Mr. Lyons class had just begun their math assignment when all of a sudden the floor began to shake like an earthquake. Into the room stomped a nine foot giant dressed like a wood cutter. Teacher gave giant math work Teacher calls the principal Teacher puts giant in the listening center Teacher lets giant teach Division problems Work was too hard Kept breaking pencils So scared couldnt speak Ran back to office Called boss-quit Earphones too small Broke chair Sprawled on floor Tells about being a giant Can see far Breaks lots of things

5) Stop to Pause Stop and think about the process so far. Review your thinking map to this point.

6) Select transition words/phrases Mr. Lyons class had just begun their math assignment when all of a sudden the floor began to shake like an earthquake. Into the room stomped a nine foot giant dressed like a wood cutter. Teacher gave giant math work Teacher calls the principal Teacher puts giant in the listening center Teacher lets giant teach Division problems Work was too hard Kept breaking pencils So scared couldnt speak Ran back to office Called boss-quit Earphones too small Broke chair Sprawled on floor Tells about being a giant Can see far Breaks lots of things The first thingAfter thatthen When nothing else worked

7) Write a closing paragraph. We learned a lot about giants that day. I also learned not to be afraid of someone just because he looks different. Mr. Lyons class had just begun their math assignment when all of a sudden the floor began to shake like an earthquake. Into the room stomped a nine foot giant dressed like a wood cutter. Teacher gave giant math work Teacher calls the principal Teacher puts giant in the listening center Teacher lets giant teach Division problems Work was too hard Kept breaking pencils So scared couldnt speak Ran back to office Called boss-quit Earphones too small Broke chair Sprawled on floor Tells about being a giant Can see far Breaks lots of things The first thingAfter thatthen When nothing else worked

8) Orally rehearse story. We learned a lot about giants that day. I also learned not to be afraid of someone just because he looks different. Mr. Lyons class had just begun their math assignment when all of a sudden the floor began to shake like an earthquake. Into the room stomped a nine foot giant dressed like a wood cutter. Teacher gave giant math work Teacher calls the principal Teacher puts giant in the listening center Teacher lets giant teach Division problems Work was too hard Kept breaking pencils So scared couldnt speak Ran back to office Called boss-quit Earphones too small Broke chair Sprawled on floor Tells about being a giant Can see far Breaks lots of things The first thingAfter thatthen When nothing else worked

9) Write using the thinking map. Mr. Lyons class had just begun their math assignment when all of a sudden the floor began to shake like an earthquake. Into the room stomped a nine foot giant dressed like a wood cutter. The first thing Mr. Lyons did was to treat the giant just like all the other kids in the class. He gently handed him a math worksheet with division problems and invited him to have a seat in the class. A puzzled look came over the giants face and the teacher immediately knew that the work was going to be too difficult for him. When he did try to do the math problems his pencil kept breaking like a toothpick in his large hand. After that Mr. Lyons figured he needed some help with the situation so he called for the principal, Mrs. Paul to come to our classroom. When Mrs. Paul walked in our door, she was so overcome with fear that she could not even speak. She turned around in her tracks and raced back to the office. When she got there, she grabbed the telephone and called her boss to say that she was resigning. Then Mr. Lyons knew that he was going to have to handle this situation himself, so he guided the giant over to the listening center so he would be occupied while the rest of the class did their work. I could see right away that this was not going to work because the earphones were much too small fo the giants large head.

As he sat down in the chair to listen it broke into a million pieces. The poor giant was sprawled out on the floor with a look of embarrassment on his face. When nothing else worked, Mr. Lyons decided to invite the giant to teach our class. He talked for about 30 minutes and told us what it was like to be a giant in a regular sized world. He said that he liked being able to see things far away that other people could not see. He also told us about all the chairs and other things he kept breaking because he was so large. We learned a lot about giants that day. I also learned not to be afraid of someone just because he looks different.