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Fortune Cookies Motivate Writing Lesson Plan

Fortune Cookies Motivate Writing Lesson Plan

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Fortune cookies are used as motivation for a story. In this creative writing lesson, young writers review the six traits process. They discuss interesting characters, setting, problem and solution in a story. Original stories based on the fortune in the fortune cookie are written, and learners share and display their stories.

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setting, plot elements, plot, literary elements, characters, six-trait writing, the chinese new year, Holidays, china

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character, china, chinese new year, Narrative Writing, fortune, fortune cookie, luck, setting, six traits, english language arts

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Grade

K - 5th

Subjects

English Language Arts

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For Teacher Use

Duration

1 hr

Instructional Strategy

Project-Based Learning

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