Teaching Story Writing
We have all had questions on Teaching Story Writing before. Below are the top questions posed by visitors just like you to our. We hope our answers located below will help you solve your teaching problems today. Feel free to ask another question, or even comment on what has been written.
There has been a lot of debate recently regarding Teaching Story Writing, and it is therefore critical for you, the reader, to grab all of the information that is out there on the vast topic of teaching. Your teaching can have a huge impact on your future, so don’t procrastinate any longer. Read up on Teaching Story Writing today!
Virgil Said:
Tips on writing a better story and poem? What would be an interesting topic in stories or poems?We Answered:
The previous answerer had some really good tips. I would like to reiterate when he says that write only about what you know, because that way you are sure of yourself and you can get creative, and write with pizazz and flair. And another thing which he says, is so true, never write for the sake of writing or force yourself to put words on paper ever.Apart from that I would also like to add, never repeat a word in your write-ups, poetry or prose. Enrich your vocabulary, learn new words every day and try to use them in sentences. Also, read a lot. Reading and writing go hand in hand, the more you read, the more you will write.
Now about Poetry, Poetry is about stringing thoughts and feelings into a verse using a meter and rhyme. You need to familiarize yourself about the Iambic pentameter, I have attached a site which explains it in great detail. Do not rhyme for the sake of it and use figures of speech like Metaphors, Alliterations and Similes. Read a lot of good poems by great poets to get ideas and inspiration. poetseers.com is a good site.
Sue Said:
I was taught never to start writing a story/book with the word "I"?We Answered:
Hmm. I have no idea. Here are a few first lines that break that particular mold:"I first heard of Ãntonia on what seemed to me an interminable journey across the great midland plains of North America." My Ãntonia, by Willa Cather
"I was leaning against a bar in a speak-easy on Fifty-second Street, waiting for Nora to finish her Christmas shopping, when a girl got up from the table where she had been sitting with three other people and came over to me." The Thin Man, by Dashiell Hammett
"I looked at my notes and I didn't like them. I'd spent three days at U.S. Robots and might as well have spent them at home with the Encyclopedia Tellurica." I, Robot, by Isaac Asimov (not only the first line, but also the title!)
"I see in Lunaya Pravda that Luna City Council has passed on first reading a bill to examine, license, inspect - and tax - public food vendors operating inside municipal pressure." The Moon Is a Harsh Mistress, by Robert Heinlein
Go ahead, break the mold!
Kim Said:
How do I write a story teaching morals without sounding preachy?We Answered:
Create believable characters in situations that the reader can understand and identify with; then put them in situations where the logical consequences follow from moral lapses.Ross Said:
If your writing a story, how do you make it interesting?We Answered:
I find that two aspects of a story will catch a reader's attention; interesting characters, and description. You want to wrap a reader's interest up so they don't want to put the story down. They care about your characters and what happens to them. Your style of writing needs to snag their attention and draw them into your world for a while.Emotion is a powerful tool, as is using the five senses. Don't write about rush hour, let the reader EXPERIENCE rush hour. Write about what its like to drive in rush hour; the frustration, the panic, the danger, the smells, and obnoxious driver that throws you the bird as you whizz on by. Add how driving the freeway is similar to a video game, minus the guns.
Watch people how they drive in rush hour, how some take a zenlike state of mind, driving casually despite the chaos, while others have their nerves frayed to the point of insanity.
Don't let people read about your story; let them live it.
Kathryn Said:
can u teach me the basics of writing of a good story?We Answered:
Start with learning punctuation, grammar and spelling.Randy Said:
In need of a good guideline to Comic story writing?We Answered:
on the story, you have to have a hero with a multilayered personality. you can't just have a guy in his underwhere that decides: "ima superhero!!" You hero has to have limits and boundries that he will not cross. h and when that boundry comes down (villan takes that reason away), you hero is ready to realease all of his might. read World War Hulk and Spiderman: Back in Black. they show this with astounding accruacy. i am an inspiering writer myself. u can contact me at conchobar52@hotmail.comRussell Said:
help.... please material for teaching writing?We Answered:
How fun!! Sounds great!!! Kids will love it!!! Go for it.First of all, if you are teaching story writing, your worksheet should have all the elements of story. Include: Characters, setting, problem/solution, story sequence of events, climax, and some dialogue.
Next, I believe this is an activity that could go as low as sixth grade and be successful.
Strengths:
working in groups
collaboration
learning story elements
creativity
freedom of topic
Weaknesses:
Give more paramaters like an example outline and story
demonstrate how you are going to walk around and assist
make sure you keep kids on task in groups
Limitations:
You may have students who do all the work and others sit there
Maybe assign definite parts for each student to be responsible for and then combine all parts for the story
Assist those students who may not be creative and need more help
Objectives:
Teach story elements
Opportunity to work in a group
Completion of a piece of writing from beginning to end
Independent practice with writing creatively
Presenting Stories
Finally, I have done a lesson where I gave each group a paper bag with story element parts, each student out of each group picks a part out of the bag, then play the music, and students must collaborate afterwards to put it all together. I would make them write the story in class. Some may not do their part if they take it home and it will blow it for the whole group.