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Lesson Plan

Writing Fix: A Magical Animal Encounter

Curated by ACT

This writing instructional activity is fashioned after Harry Potter's encounter with a communicative boa constrictor at the zoo. Inspired by Rowling's original idea, learners will be asked to create a three-part story about an original magical animal they think up on their own, using "showing" words instead of "telling" words. Students' stories will describe their meeting with the animal, and they will experience firsthand the magic or power their animal has.

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CCSS: Designed
Concepts
creative writing, descriptive writing, show not tell, harry potter, writing fiction
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Additional Tags
establish setting, introduce characters, show don't tell, "harry potter and the sorcerer's stone" by j. k. rowling, ccss.ela, northern nevada writing project, w.5.3.a, writingfix, writingfix: a magical animal encounter, writingfix: a magical animal encounter w.5.3.a, narrative writing
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Classroom Considerations
  • Knovation Readability Score: 3 (1 low difficulty, 5 high difficulty)
Common Core
W.5.3.a