ARTSEDGE: Fiction Writing

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The National Standards For Arts Education:

Theater (5-8)
Standard 1: Script writing by the creation of improvisations and scripted scenes based on personal experience and heritage, imagination, literature, and history

Theater (5-8)
Standard 2: Acting by developing basic acting skills to portray characters who interact in improvised and scripted scenes

Theater (5-8)
Standard 3: Designing by developing environments for improvised and scripted scenes

Theater (5-8)
Standard 4: Directing by organizing rehearsals for improvised and scripted scenes

Other National Standards:

Language Arts III (6-8) Standard 1: Uses the general skills and strategies of the writing process

Language Arts III (6-8) Standard 2: Uses the stylistic and rhetorical aspects of writing

Language Arts III (6-8) Standard 3: Uses grammatical and mechanical conventions in written compositions

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Fiction Writing

Unit Overview:

This curriculum unit introduces students to the elements of fiction and writing techniques used in writing fiction. This unit follows the Dimensions of Learning model: declarative and procedural knowledge is extended and refined through a variety of activities that assist students in higher order thinking skills. The meaningful use of knowledge is exhibited in the original work of fiction each student will write. Throughout the unit, students will be given many opportunities to make choices and initiate tasks as they write their own fiction.

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Fiction Writing

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Lesson Overviews:

Fiction, Plotting the Story

Fiction, Creating Characters

Fiction, Setting the Story

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The National Standards For Arts Education:

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Fiction Writing

Unit Overview:

Lesson Overviews:

Fiction, Plotting the Story

Fiction, Creating Characters

Fiction, Setting the Story

Integrated Subjects:
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