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Holt Literature and Language Arts
First Course Resources
"Workshop 1: Narration: Writing a Short Story"
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Web Resources 
Short Story Prewriting: A think sheet for students to complete to help with prewriting their short story.
Annotated Teacher's Edition 
Professional Model, page 537: A graphic organizer for students identify effective writing techniques Inspiration V8 / Inspiration V7 / PDF
Prewriting: Plan Characters, Setting, and Point of View, page 544: Students can use the graphic organizer to develop a character Inspiration V8 / Inspiration V7 / PDF
Prewriting: Planning a Story's Setting, page 546: A graphic organizer to focus on details about setting Inspiration V8 / Inspiration V7 / PDF
Differentiating Instruction: Learners Having Difficulty, page 549: A plot line to help students understand how a chain of related events makes up a plot Inspiration V8 / Inspiration V7 / PDF
Practice & Apply: Write Your Short Story, page 550: A graphic organizer to plan a short story Inspiration V8 / Inspiration V7 / PDF
A Writer's Model, page 551: A graphic organizer for students to keep track of sensory details as they read Inspiration V8 / Inspiration V7 / PDF
Publishing, page 556-557:
Students presenting their narration can be videotaped and use the video footage to reflect on their presentation and ways to improve their skills. Students' videos can be edited and presented as a class video.
Students narrations can be published in a word processed document, web page, or podcast.
"Mini-Workshop 3: Writing a Descriptive Essay"
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Review: Beef It Up, page 701: A graphic organizer for students to elaborate on their details Inspiration V8 / Inspiration V7 / PDF
Practice & Apply, page 703: Teacher can have students complete the five senses chart to plan their descriptive essay Inspiration V8 / Inspiration V7 / PDF / WORD
Practice & Apply, page 703: Students can complete the descriptive essay graphic organizer to plan their descriptive essay Inspiration V8 / Inspiration V7 / PDF
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