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CTIvITy .9
Tie It Together: revising the ending
LearNING sTraTeGIes:
Marking the Text, Shared Reading, Chunking the Text, Discussion Groups, Graphic Organizer, Summarizing, Paraphrasing, Adding
Text
Length of Ending
Summarize the Ending
Author’s Purpose in Using This Ending
“The Scholarship Jacket,” by Marta Salinas
(Activity 1.4)
Bad Boy, by Walter Dean Myers
(Activity 1.5)
“Why Couldn’t I Have Been Named Ashley?,” by Imma Achilike
(Activity 1.8)
Learning Targets
• Analyze and evaluate narrative endings.
• Apply an understanding of the purpose of the ending by revising a narrative ending.
Narrative Endings
1. Read this quote by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow: “Great is the art of beginning, but greater is the art of ending.” What makes a great ending to a narrative?
2. Revisit the endings of these texts to examine how the authors provide effective endings.
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