WRITER'S WORKSHOP MINI LESSONS

Labeling our Stories

 

Lesson 5:  What We Can Label

Gather students around the carpet area.

Tell students that today's book will help us all to become better writers.

Ask, "We've been talking and learning about labels - - what are labels?"

Facilitate discussion:

• what do they look like

• who uses them

• what are they for

• what do they tell us

Say, "Today's book will also help us learn more about labels and what kinds of things we can label."

Share the title of the book.

Read The Best Word Book by Richard Scarry.

While reading, show students the illustrations, making note of the labels.

Remind students that writers [authors and illustrators] use labels to tell their readers what something is.

Ask, "What kinds of things did Richard Scarry label?"

Facilitate Discussion.

Remind students that writers [authors and illustrators] use labels to tell their readers what something is.

Model for students how to label a story by illustrating a simple story/picture and then adding a label to it.

Encourage students to use labels in their own writing.

Resources:

 

Richard Scarry's Best Word Book Ever by Richard Scarry