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Peer reviewedRichards, Janet C.; And Others – Reading Teacher, 1994
Describes a game that provides opportunities for students to share their thoughts about the key features of stories and their interconnections while also emphasizing story content. (SR)
Descriptors: Childrens Literature, Class Activities, Elementary Education, Literature Appreciation
Peer reviewedWhitin, Phyllis – Reading Teacher, 2002
Describes the sketch-to-stretch strategy, in which students show what a story means to them by sketching lines, colors, shapes, symbols, or pictures. Suggests the strategy is effective in encouraging a diversity of perspectives about a story, and in using it, many potential at-risk readers as well as stronger students become valued literary…
Descriptors: Class Activities, Discussion (Teaching Technique), Elementary Education, Freehand Drawing
Peer reviewedDavis, Deborah J. – Reading Teacher, 1989
Describes how first grade and fifth grade students teamed together to coauthor books. Provides an example of a story planning chart. (MM)
Descriptors: Class Activities, Collaborative Writing, Cross Age Teaching, Elementary Education
Peer reviewedLehr, Fran – Reading Teacher, 1987
Defines story grammar, reviews pertinent research, and describes classroom activities based on research findings. (NKA)
Descriptors: Class Activities, Classroom Techniques, Cohesion (Written Composition), Elementary Education
