Drafting

Grades 11–12

9 Sessions: 1 hour each

Fantasy/SciFi, Narrative, Poetry

Projects

We Are Here, Walking Towards the Unknown

Ryan Young

1. Misunderstood Monsters

2. Plotting & Storyboarding

3. Drafting

4. Expand, Expand, Cut, Cut, Expand, Expand

5. Details, Details, Details

6. Keep Expanding!

7. Editing for Organization

8. Get Your Grammar and Mechanics On

9. Final Drafts & Huge High Fives!

Students write personal and fictional narratives inspired by Frankenstein. Prompts include: misunderstood monsters, fears and horrors, a science experiment gone wrong, and rewriting the story.

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SESSION 3 OF 9

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In this session, students begin drafting by hand and then begin thinking about revision using their brainstorming organizers and story maps.

What Your Students Will Learn

Students will be able to draft extended narratives from their storyboarding and planning, and then step away to reflect on the first set of revisions.

What You Will Need

Paper and writing utensils

Before You Start

An optional step to complete before this session would be to give feedback to your students on their storyboards/project plans so they begin drafting with an idea of what they’re already doing well and what they should continue to think about. This is not a necessary step and could be built into this session as an alternative.