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Reviewing Your Stories!
Kind of Activity:
Classwide Discussion
Objective:
to practice students’ reviewing and critical thinking skills
Common Core Standards:
CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.SL.8.1
Structure:
1. Students should first hand in their completed short stories, printed out. Now, each student will act as a reviewer of a student's story for the class’s “collection.” Place each printed story on a different desk. Randomly assign each student to a desk (they should not be seated with their own story). Then, give each student 10 minutes to read their assigned stories. On a separate piece of paper, they should give some constructive criticism based on creativity, writing strength,...
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