1. Memoirs of a 1st grade bully
As I placed my lunchbox into my cubby, I knew today wasn't an ordinary day. As I gazed across the classroom of thirty-five, I could see the fear in their eyes. My 5"3" first-grade teacher towered above the class and explained to us that we were to write a story about anything we wanted. I remember feeling scared and excited at the same time, for today I was a writer. .
I distinctly remember sitting in my desk, head leaned back, tossing my big pink eraser into the air repeatedly, desperately trying to come up with a story that would put the other crappy stories to shame. As my fellow classmates wasted their recess time playing kickball and football, I laid in the tunnel slide and pondered my assignment. Other kids were tattling on me for "clogging the slide," but I didn't care, I was a writer. While the other kids gingerly sipped 2% and skim during break, I was nervously nibbling graham crackers, brainstorming ideas for my famous novel. After school other kids ran to tree forts and kool-aid stands, but I went home to write. However, my brainstorming process seemed hopeless. I just couldn't come up with a topic that would grip the minds of those sophisticated second graders to whom we were to read our stories. I was so stumped that it had me up late into the night, barely falling asleep before the nine o"clock news. What I didn't know is that the next morning when I woke up, I would never be the same again.
From the moment I was awakened by my mom, she knew I was distraught. My footy pajamas were all twisted, and she could tell I was in a bind. Although I usually wouldn't consult my mom on such important matters, I had no choice but to turn to her for advice. I explained to her my situation and she proceeded to toss out some ideas. Of course they were crappy ideas that all the other moms would've suggested, so I went to my dad. My dad is a pilot so he immediately told me I should write a story about a pilot who saved a doomed airplane from crashing.
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Sample Lesson Plan Grade Level: 1st Grade Related SOL's: Writing 1.13 The student will write to communicate ideas for a variety of purposes Specific Observable Objective(s): focus on one topic, and share writing with others Essential Vocabulary: Noun - this is a word most writers use to write about people, places, and things Assessment: I know that my students will have mastered my objective by reviewing their writing journals to see if they picked out one thing in their story to mainly write about Materials, Resources, Technology: writers journal, poster board PROCEDURES Introdu...
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