Instructional Strategy 1

Title your post: Instructional Strategy 1

 Your Name: Katie Gregory

 Name of Strategy: Story Mapping

 Source (Where did this come from?): The University of Texas at Austin College of Education

 Link to the Strategy: http://readingserver.edb.utexas.edu/downloads/primary/booklets/Essential_Strategies.pdf

Give a thorough description of the strategy and how it will be implemented. This should be a summary of the strategy according to the original source:

This activity begins after students have already read through a story or passage at their instructional

level. Then,

1. Discuss what happened in the story or reading passage and the students’ reaction

to it. Discuss the setting, names of the characters, the story problem, and the

solution.

2. After reading the entire book/passage, give each student a piece of paper.

3. Have the students fold the paper in half lengthwise, then twice widthwise, to make

eight symmetrical rectangles.

4. In the first rectangle, have the students write the title and author of the story.

5. In the following rectangles, have the students write/draw the characters, setting,

plot, and solution. A story element may take more than one rectangle. Continue work for more than one day if necessary.

Explain what part of the standard course of study is addressed by this activity.

Seventh Grade Competency Goal 5

5.01 Increase fluency, comprehension, and insight through a meaningful and comprehensive literacy program

5.02 Study the characteristics of literary genres (fiction, nonfiction, drama, and poetry)

 

 

Explain why you think this strategy will work. How does the strategy help your students learn? It will help students review different elements of literary work.  They can also compare their maps to other works in the same genre

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