2. Writing Folktales Dragonteacher

3. Folktales Remember, a folktale is first and foremost a STORY! Always remember the audience you are trying to reach Write as if you are telling the story out loud Stories that remind the audience of a familiar tale are often appreciated by young audiences

4. Writer’s Workshop Brainstorm Pre-write Rough Draft Peer Share Editing Final Draft Publish

5. Brainstorm Write down everything you can think of that relates to the subject of your story Don’t worry about organizing yet; that comes later

6. Pre-Write Organize your ideas into Main Topics and supporting details Eliminate weak ideas or combine them into strong topics Use Inspiration © software to create an Idea Web and outline of your story

7. Rough Draft A rough draft is the first attempt at putting the story together Don’t spend too much time in rewording; that comes in editing Rough Draft is in pencil, so you can edit changes later

8. Peer Share Peer Sharing is when you let someone else read your work They can make helpful suggestions to improve your story Often another set of eyes will find things you missed

9. Editing Editing is when you go back and make corrections that were suggested Check spelling, punctuation, grammar, content, and organization

10. Final Draft Final draft is written using blue or black ink No mistakes or cross- outs Make sure that paragraphs are indented

11. Publish Publishing is done using Microsoft ® Word ® Story should be double-spaced, with appropriate indentation Utilize Spellcheck and Grammarcheck

12. Assignment Packet Turn-In All materials to be turned in at once Order of packet – starting with top: –Published Story –Final Draft –Rough Draft –Inspiration Web –Outline –Brainstorming List

13. Assignment Grading Weight Published Story – 35 points Final Draft --------- 25 points Rough Draft ------ 15 points Inspiration Web – 10 points Outline --------------10 points Brainstorm list ----- 5 points