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Prewriting
Generating Content
1. On separate paper, create a web and brainstorm as many twists on the class- constructed story as you can.
2. Work with your partner and take prewriting notes for your shared story.
Planning the Plot
3. Copy the Plot Diagram graphic organizer and use it to plan the plot of your
story. Remember that each event must lead believably to the next.
Planning the Setting
4. Use the Setting graphic organizer to plan how you can use sensory detail to
make your setting believable.
Sights (Include colors, objects, activities, etc.)
Sounds
Textures, Temperatures
Scents or Odors Flavors
Planning Characters
5. Use the Character graphic organizer to plan each of your characters. Add more
spokes to the graphic organizer as needed, and create additional graphic organizers for other characters on separate sheets of paper.
Writing Workshop 4 • Narrative Writing: Short Story 11
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