Nothing is more satisfying than using a good picture book as a vehicle for capturing the imagination of your young student writers while teaching some of the important pre-writing concepts which serve as the foundation for narrative writing!

"I Need My Monster" By:  Amanda Noll

 Objectives: 

• Summarize a character/problem/solution narrative and identify key story elements:  main character, story problem, solution
• Students will listen for and identify elaborative detail describing the character (monsters)
• Students will listen for and identify elements of suspense (story questions)
• Students will write a sample of elaborative detail about an imaginary monster

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