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Writing Fix: Serendipitous Character Names & Powerful Opening Paragraphs

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In this lesson, Bertrand R. Brinley's The Mad Scientist's Club is used as a mentor text. Students will analyze the introductory paragraph of the mentor text and its sequel. Then students will use an interactive button to select a character's unique name. Then students will refer to the mentor text as a they write a powerful introduction that mirrors the texts. [Requires Adobe Reader.]

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CCSS: Adaptable
Concepts
character development, characters, paragraphs, writing paragraphs
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Additional Tags
character names, northern nevada writing project, writingfix, introductory paragraph, creating characters, writing the introduction
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Classroom Considerations
  • Knovation Readability Score: 4 (1 low difficulty, 5 high difficulty)
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Common Core
W.4.3.b W.4.3.a W.5.3.a