Writers Speak to Kids: Rebecca Stead

Writers Speak to Kids: Rebecca Stead

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Subject English Language Arts — Writing
Grade Level Grades 3-8
Standards Alignment
Common Core State Standards
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CC (BY-NC-ND)

About This Lesson

Rebecca Stead, Newbery Medal-winning author of "When You Reach Me," discusses a unique way for young writers to find inspiration and how to develop a good story. This video is part of the NBC Learn original series "Writers Speak to Kids."

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Writers Speak to Kids: Rebecca Stead

Standards

Distinguish their own point of view from that of the narrator or those of the characters.
Read More About CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RL.3.6
Establish a situation and introduce a narrator and/or characters; organize an event sequence that unfolds naturally.
Read More About CCSS.ELA-Literacy.W.3.3.a
Use dialogue and descriptions of actions, thoughts, and feelings to develop experiences and events or show the response of characters to situations.
Read More About CCSS.ELA-Literacy.W.3.3.b
With guidance and support from adults, produce writing in which the development and organization are appropriate to task and purpose.
Read More About CCSS.ELA-Literacy.W.3.4
With guidance and support from peers and adults, develop and strengthen writing as needed by planning, revising, and editing.
Read More About CCSS.ELA-Literacy.W.3.5
Write routinely over extended time frames (time for research, reflection, and revision) and shorter time frames (a single sitting or a day or two) for a range of discipline-specific tasks, purposes, and audiences.
Read More About CCSS.ELA-Literacy.W.3.10
Determine the main ideas and supporting details of a text read aloud or information presented in diverse media and formats, including visually, quantitatively, and orally.
Read More About CCSS.ELA-Literacy.SL.3.2
Compare and contrast the point of view from which different stories are narrated, including the difference between first- and third-person narrations.
Read More About CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RL.4.6
Orient the reader by establishing a situation and introducing a narrator and/or characters; organize an event sequence that unfolds naturally.
Read More About CCSS.ELA-Literacy.W.4.3.a
Use dialogue and description to develop experiences and events or show the responses of characters to situations.
Read More About CCSS.ELA-Literacy.W.4.3.b
Produce clear and coherent writing in which the development and organization are appropriate to task, purpose, and audience.
Read More About CCSS.ELA-Literacy.W.4.4
With guidance and support from peers and adults, develop and strengthen writing as needed by planning, revising, and editing.
Read More About CCSS.ELA-Literacy.W.4.5
Write routinely over extended time frames (time for research, reflection, and revision) and shorter time frames (a single sitting or a day or two) for a range of discipline-specific tasks, purposes, and audiences.
Read More About CCSS.ELA-Literacy.W.4.10
Paraphrase portions of a text read aloud or information presented in diverse media and formats, including visually, quantitatively, and orally.
Read More About CCSS.ELA-Literacy.SL.4.2
Determine a theme of a story, drama, or poem from details in the text, including how characters in a story or drama respond to challenges or how the speaker in a poem reflects upon a topic; summarize the text.
Read More About CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RL.5.2
Describe how a narrator’s or speaker’s point of view influences how events are described.
Read More About CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RL.5.6
Orient the reader by establishing a situation and introducing a narrator and/or characters; organize an event sequence that unfolds naturally.
Read More About CCSS.ELA-Literacy.W.5.3.a
Produce clear and coherent writing in which the development and organization are appropriate to task, purpose, and audience.
Read More About CCSS.ELA-Literacy.W.5.4
With guidance and support from peers and adults, develop and strengthen writing as needed by planning, revising, editing, rewriting, or trying a new approach.
Read More About CCSS.ELA-Literacy.W.5.5
Write routinely over extended time frames (time for research, reflection, and revision) and shorter time frames (a single sitting or a day or two) for a range of discipline-specific tasks, purposes, and audiences.
Read More About CCSS.ELA-Literacy.W.5.10
Summarize a written text read aloud or information presented in diverse media and formats, including visually, quantitatively, and orally.
Read More About CCSS.ELA-Literacy.SL.5.2
Describe how a particular story’s or drama’s plot unfolds in a series of episodes as well as how the characters respond or change as the plot moves toward a resolution.
Read More About CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RL.6.3
Analyze how a particular sentence, chapter, scene, or stanza fits into the overall structure of a text and contributes to the development of the theme, setting, or plot.
Read More About CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RL.6.5
Explain how an author develops the point of view of the narrator or speaker in a text.
Read More About CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RL.6.6
Engage and orient the reader by establishing a context and introducing a narrator and/or characters; organize an event sequence that unfolds naturally and logically.
Read More About CCSS.ELA-Literacy.W.6.3.a
Use narrative techniques, such as dialogue, pacing, and description, to develop experiences, events, and/or characters.
Read More About CCSS.ELA-Literacy.W.6.3.b
Produce clear and coherent writing in which the development, organization, and style are appropriate to task, purpose, and audience.
Read More About CCSS.ELA-Literacy.W.6.4
With some guidance and support from peers and adults, develop and strengthen writing as needed by planning, revising, editing, rewriting, or trying a new approach.
Read More About CCSS.ELA-Literacy.W.6.5
Write routinely over extended time frames (time for research, reflection, and revision) and shorter time frames (a single sitting or a day or two) for a range of discipline-specific tasks, purposes, and audiences.
Read More About CCSS.ELA-Literacy.W.6.10
Interpret information presented in diverse media and formats (e.g., visually, quantitatively, orally) and explain how it contributes to a topic, text, or issue under study.
Read More About CCSS.ELA-Literacy.SL.6.2
Analyze how particular elements of a story or drama interact (e.g., how setting shapes the characters or plot).
Read More About CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RL.7.3
Analyze how an author develops and contrasts the points of view of different characters or narrators in a text.
Read More About CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RL.7.6
Engage and orient the reader by establishing a context and point of view and introducing a narrator and/or characters; organize an event sequence that unfolds naturally and logically.
Read More About CCSS.ELA-Literacy.W.7.3.a
Use narrative techniques, such as dialogue, pacing, and description, to develop experiences, events, and/or characters.
Read More About CCSS.ELA-Literacy.W.7.3.b
Produce clear and coherent writing in which the development, organization, and style are appropriate to task, purpose, and audience.
Read More About CCSS.ELA-Literacy.W.7.4
With some guidance and support from peers and adults, develop and strengthen writing as needed by planning, revising, editing, rewriting, or trying a new approach, focusing on how well purpose and audience have been addressed.
Read More About CCSS.ELA-Literacy.W.7.5
Write routinely over extended time frames (time for research, reflection, and revision) and shorter time frames (a single sitting or a day or two) for a range of discipline-specific tasks, purposes, and audiences.
Read More About CCSS.ELA-Literacy.W.7.10
Analyze the main ideas and supporting details presented in diverse media and formats (e.g., visually, quantitatively, orally) and explain how the ideas clarify a topic, text, or issue under study.
Read More About CCSS.ELA-Literacy.SL.7.2
Determine a theme or central idea of a text and analyze its development over the course of the text, including its relationship to the characters, setting, and plot; provide an objective summary of the text.
Read More About CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RL.8.2
Engage and orient the reader by establishing a context and point of view and introducing a narrator and/or characters; organize an event sequence that unfolds naturally and logically.
Read More About CCSS.ELA-Literacy.W.8.3.a
Use narrative techniques, such as dialogue, pacing, description, and reflection, to develop experiences, events, and/or characters.
Read More About CCSS.ELA-Literacy.W.8.3.b
Produce clear and coherent writing in which the development, organization, and style are appropriate to task, purpose, and audience.
Read More About CCSS.ELA-Literacy.W.8.4
With some guidance and support from peers and adults, develop and strengthen writing as needed by planning, revising, editing, rewriting, or trying a new approach, focusing on how well purpose and audience have been addressed.
Read More About CCSS.ELA-Literacy.W.8.5
Write routinely over extended time frames (time for research, reflection, and revision) and shorter time frames (a single sitting or a day or two) for a range of discipline-specific tasks, purposes, and audiences.
Read More About CCSS.ELA-Literacy.W.8.10
Analyze the purpose of information presented in diverse media and formats (e.g., visually, quantitatively, orally) and evaluate the motives (e.g., social, commercial, political) behind its presentation.
Read More About CCSS.ELA-Literacy.SL.8.2

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