UNIT 4
From Scenes to Series: Writing Fiction
BEND I ♦ Fiction Writers Set Out to Write Realistic Fiction!
Session 1 – Serious Fiction Writers Do Some Serious Pretending
Chart: Fiction Writers
Session 2 – Writers Develop a "Can-Do," Independent Attitude
Chart: How to Write a Realistic Fiction Book
Session 3 – Writers Learn to Get Their Characters Out of Trouble
Chart: Fiction Writers Get Their Character Out of Trouble
Session 4 – Serious Writers Get Serious About Spelling
Chart: Ways to Spell Words
Session 5 – Taking Stock: Writers Use Checklists to Set Goals
Narrative Writing Checklist, Grades 1 and 2
FIG. 5–1 Miles' story
FIG. 5–2 Nora's third and fourth pages
BEND II ♦ Fiction Writers Set Out to Write Series
Session 10 – Celebrating Our First Series
My Editing Checklist (Unit 4)
FIG. 10–2 One of Nora's revised stories
FIG. 10–3 One of Zoe's revised stories
BEND III ♦ Becoming More Powerful at Realistic Fiction: Studying the Genre and Studying Ourselves as Writers
Session 13 – Fiction Writers Include Chapters: Writing a Beginning, Middle, and End
Narrative Writing Checklist, Grades 1 and 2
Session 15 – Writers Use Their Superpowers to Work with Greater Independence
FIG. 15–1 Maeve's story
BEND IV ♦ Getting Ready to Publish Our Second Series
Session 20 – A Celebration of Series Writers: The Grand Finale!
FIG. 20–1 One of Annabel's fiction stories
FIG. 20–2 One of Alejandra's fiction stories
FIG. 20–3 One of Nandika's final fiction stories
FIG. 20–4 One of Syanna's final fiction stories
FIG. 20–5 One of Izzy's final fiction stories