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Subtopic: Narrative Writing

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Resource	Grade Level	Media Type
Bees In this video segment from WILD TV, learn about bees and the different techniques for handling them.	3-8	QuickTime Video
Cancer - A New Treatment In this segment from Curious, Mark Davis is motivated to develop a new, less debilitating treatment for his wife's cancer.	6-12	QuickTime Video
A Character's Perspective - Colonial House Students watch a video segment that shows the reactions of colonists and native people when they encounter one another for the first time during a colony settlement reenactment. Students then select a character and write a letter from that character’s point of view that describes the meeting.	6-8	Lesson Plan
Character Motivation - Sapelo Island Culture Students write a poem (using simile and flashback) about the culture of Sapelo Island. They read their poems for an audience.	6-8	Lesson Plan
City Horses Part I Carolyne DeGrammont of the Cedar Lane Stables in Queens, NY, talks about why she enjoys horses in this video segment from WILD TV.	3-8	QuickTime Video
City Horses Part II In this video segment from Wild TV, riders discuss the benefits of coming to the Cedar Lane Stables in New York City.	3-8	QuickTime Video
Connections Between Texts - Maya Lin and Jane Jacobs Students write and perform a Readers’ Theater script in which two characters, Maya Lin and Jane Jacobs, talk to each other about their ideas about architecture and life.	6-8	Lesson Plan
Connections to Personal Experiences - Bees? Yikes! Students make connections between a video about bees and their own personal experiences through a poem written for two voices.	5-7	Lesson Plan
The Dogon and the Dama n this video segment from Africa, learn about the Dama, a rare event and rite of passage for the Dogon in Mali.	6-12	QuickTime Video
Hiawatha This video segment from Weston Woods is taken from the book Hiawatha, illustrated by Susan Jeffers, and based upon Henry Wadsworth Longfellow's poem, “The Song of Hiawatha."	3-8	QuickTime Video
How Different Authors Treat Similar Themes - Elephants of Africa Students take notes of the details of two different documentaries on similar themes. They use their notes to write a script and devise storyboards for their own documentary about elephants.	6-8	Lesson Plan
Identifying Cultural Influences - City Horses Students determine how culture influences a group of people’s involvement with horses and write a story in response to the video.	4-6	Lesson Plan
Making Predictions - The Injured Otter Students watch a video segment that shows a young injured otter’s attempts to locate his missing family. Then they predict what happens next and then write a narrative account of these events from three possible points of view: the injured otter, the filmmaker or an animal behaviorist.	6-10	Lesson Plan
Ndakinna Wilderness Project In this video segment from WILD TV, a guide describes how to camouflage a person’s body to avoid being detected in the wilderness.	3-8	QuickTime Video
Ol' Bill Grandma Alice talks about 'Ol Bill, the mule, in this video segment from Jakers!	1-4	QuickTime Video
Point of View - Rhinoceros Students write a journal entry in which they imagine themselves as the rhinoceros and describe its journey to a new preserve.	6-8	Lesson Plan
Rhinoceros Capture Rangers capture a Black rhino in the South African National Park in order to relocate him in this segment from Nature.	6-12	QuickTime Video
Rhinoceros Release In this segment from Nature, Rangers release the Black rhino to a new location in Southern Africa where rhinos are previously endangered.	6-12	QuickTime Video
Sea Creatures This video segment from Nature features various sea creatures.	1-4	QuickTime Video
The Sled Dogs of the Arctic Circle In this video segment from Nature, learn about the role of dogs in the Inuit culture.	3-12	QuickTime Video
Storytelling: Oral Traditions Students talk about what makes a good story, look at the oral tradition of storytelling, and compare and contrast stories from two different cultural traditions. This is one of four storytelling lessons.	4-6	Lesson Plan
Storytelling: Tales of Everyday Life Students explore how events from everyday life can become stories, and how different types of narratives—such as ships' logs and journals—can tell the story of the same event. This is one of four storytelling lessons.	4-6	Lesson Plan
Storytelling: Writers' Workshop Students draw on their understanding of different types of narratives to inspire and enrich their own storytelling. This is one of four storytelling lessons.	4-6	Lesson Plan
Writers on Writing In this video from ThinkTV Dayton, three successful Ohio authors tell you about their writing process.	6-12	MPEG 4 Video
Writing a Biography - Ask Someone to Tell Their Story Students interview a family member or friend and write a short biography of that person.	1-4	Lesson Plan
Writing a Fantasy: Creatures in the Sea Students watch a video featuring various sea creatures, assign special characteristics to the sea creatures they see and use their make-believe or fantasy ideas to write an underwater sea fantasy.	1-4	Lesson Plan
Writing an Interpretive Essay to Describe a Theme - The Red Shoes Students practice identifying themes and write about friendship from their personal experiences. They draw conclusions about what makes a person a friend.	3-5	Lesson Plan
Writing Original Literary Texts - The World of Volcanoes Students will watch a video that shows scientists collecting lava samples from an active volcano. They use similes and A Different Kind of Fuelmetaphors to write an original poem about the segment.	6-10	Lesson Plan