This Lesson's Title:

Scheming against an Adversary

writing an original tale of non-violent revenge

This lesson was built for WritingFix after being proposed by NNWP Teacher Consultant Mimi Melarkey at an SBC-sponsored inservice class.

The intended "mentor text" to be used when teaching this on-line lesson is the picture book Enemy Pie by Derek Munson. Before writing, students should listen to and discuss the writing style of this book's author.

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Three-Sentence Overview of this Lesson:

Enemy Pie by Derek Munson makes readers think seriously about this question: “What if I had to spend an entire day with someone with whom I had a conflict?"  This question presents young writers with a great launching pad for developing an original story idea.  Student writers will brainstorm and then create a story where they seek out revenge (in a non-violent way) against someone they are temporarily mad at.

6-Trait Overview
for this Lesson:

The focus trait in this writing assignment is idea development; the writer's goal is to brainstorm a completely original idea for a story and then to use memorable details as the story is told.  The support trait in this assignment is organization; the brainstorming sheet suggests a strong lead, but a teacher can use a story like this to stress the importance of paragraphing when something new happens in the plot or when someone says something with dialogue.