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Grades level iconsGrades 5–6
Session time icon5 Sessions: 1 Hour Each
Genre information iconFantasy/SciFi, Narrative
Resource type iconProjects

Superheroes to the Rescue!

by Ashley Smith, 826 Valencia
1. Create a Superbook Profile
2. Superhero Adventures
3. Drafting Adventures!
4. Bringing our Drafts to Life
5. Polishing our Pieces!
In this lesson, students will create original superheroes (or villains) and write stories of their epic adventures.
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Create a Superbook Profile

Students will discuss what they already know about superheroes and villains, brainstorm causes that their super character might be fighting for (or against), and create a Superbook Profile to identify key characteristics of their original superhero or villain.
What Your Students Will Learn

Your students will learn how to develop character traits for an original character and how those traits contribute to the conflict of a story.

Common core standards
CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.W.5.3 Download Resourse Icon
Write narratives to develop real or imagined experiences or events using effective technique, descriptive details, and clear event sequences.
CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.W.5.3.A Download Resourse Icon
Orient the reader by establishing a situation and introducing a narrator and/or characters; organize an event sequence that unfolds naturally.
CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.W.5.3.B Download Resourse Icon
Use narrative techniques, such as dialogue, description, and pacing, to develop experiences and events or show the responses of characters to situations.
CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.W.5.3.C Download Resourse Icon
Use a variety of transitional words, phrases, and clauses to manage the sequence of events.
CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.W.5.3.D Download Resourse Icon
Use concrete words and phrases and sensory details to convey experiences and events precisely.
CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.W.5.3.E Download Resourse Icon
Provide a conclusion that follows from the narrated experiences or events.
CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.W.5.4 Download Resourse Icon
Produce clear and coherent writing in which the development and organization are appropriate to task, purpose, and audience.
CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.W.5.5 Download Resourse Icon
With guidance and support from peers and adults, develop and strengthen writing as needed by planning, revising, editing, rewriting, or trying a new approach.
CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.W.5.10 Download Resourse Icon
Write routinely over extended time frames (time for research, reflection, and revision) and shorter time frames (a single sitting or a day or two) for a range of discipline-specific tasks, purposes, and audiences.
CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.W.6.3 Download Resourse Icon
Write narratives to develop real or imagined experiences or events using effective technique, relevant descriptive details, and well-structured event sequences.
CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.W.6.3.A Download Resourse Icon
Engage and orient the reader by establishing a context and introducing a narrator and/or characters; organize an event sequence that unfolds naturally and logically.
CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.W.6.3.B Download Resourse Icon
Use narrative techniques, such as dialogue, pacing, and description, to develop experiences, events, and/or characters.
CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.W.6.3.C Download Resourse Icon
Use a variety of transition words, phrases, and clauses to convey sequence and signal shifts from one time frame or setting to another.
CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.W.6.3.D Download Resourse Icon
Use precise words and phrases, relevant descriptive details, and sensory language to convey experiences and events.
CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.W.6.3.E Download Resourse Icon
Provide a conclusion that follows from the narrated experiences or events.
CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.W.6.4 Download Resourse Icon
Produce clear and coherent writing in which the development, organization, and style are appropriate to task, purpose, and audience.
CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.W.6.5 Download Resourse Icon
With some guidance and support from peers and adults, develop and strengthen writing as needed by planning, revising, editing, rewriting, or trying a new approach.
CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.W.6.10 Download Resourse Icon
Write routinely over extended time frames (time for research, reflection, and revision) and shorter time frames (a single sitting or a day or two) for a range of discipline-specific tasks, purposes, and audiences.
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What Your Students Will Produce

Your students will produce a Superbook profile and an origin story to brainstorm specific details about their superhero or villain.

What You Will Need

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