This Lesson's Title:

Adventurous Magic

organizing a unique story about finding a magical item

This lesson was developed for WritingFix after being proposed by NNWP Teacher Consultant Sundae Eyer.

The ideal "mentor text" that can be used when teaching this on-line lesson is the chapter book Jeremy Thatcher, Dragon Hatcher by Bruce Coville. Before writing, students should listen to and discuss the writing style of this book's author, especially from chapters 1 and 2 of the book.

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Three-Sentence Overview of this Lesson:

This writing activity is inspired by Bruce Coville’s Jeremy Thatcher, Dragon Hatcher, and students will be asked to write about an original magical object that they have discovered in the "Elives’ Magic Supplies," just as Jeremy does in the story.  Students will need to imagine themselves in the magic store where the proprietor tells them to look around until they find what they "need."  The students will then create an organized scene based upon the magical object and how they will take care of it or use it, depending on their choice of objects.  Teachers: click here to read the entire lesson plan.

6-Trait Overview for this Lesson:

The focus trait in this writing assignment is idea development; the writer’s goal is to create an original scene that intrigues the reader to know the entire story.  The support trait in this assignment is organization; students will use lesson's graphic organizer to help them plan a scene that contains purposeful paragraphs and sections.