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Episodic Writing Using Pictures of Hollis Woods by Patricia Reilly Giff Lesson PlanEpisodic Writing Using Pictures of Hollis Woods by Patricia Reilly Giff Lesson Plan
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Episodic Writing Using Pictures of Hollis Woods by Patricia Reilly Giff

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Help your middle-schoolers expand their writing skills with this lesson on episodic writing, which focuses on story details, idea development, and organization. After reading "The Eighth Picture: End of Summer" from Patricia Reilly Giff's Pictures of Hollis Woods, pupils brainstorm and begin writing about a time in their life about which they could write a series of episodes. A Six Trait writing activity guides them from brainstorm to editing.

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literary themes, literary elements, key details, reading stories, details, writing organization, developing ideas

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idea development, patricia reilly giff, pictures of hollis woods, story details, theme, writing organization, episodic writing, english language arts
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5th - 7th
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English Language Arts
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