Harris Burdick | Mystery Writing | Writing Workshop Unit

PERFECT SEASONAL OCTOBER WRITING WORKSHOP UNIT!!!

Just in time for halloween....

Get your students writing mysteries, learning the structure and elements of the mystery genre, and bringing a piece of writing through the stages of the writing process with this ready to use unit. This complete writing workshop unit follows The Mysteries of Harris Burdick by Chris Van Allsburg. This unit teaches the features of the mystery genre. Students start with using the photos of Harris Burdick to spark ideas for a story, students then take their mystery stories through all the stages/steps of the writing process.

Included in this Unit

• 11 days of Writing Workshop lesson plans complete with learning targets!

1. I can brainstorm features and characteristics of mystery stories.
2. I can write mysterious sentences about photos I see.
3. I can make sure my story has a beginning, middle, and end. I can make sure my story contains all the features of the mystery genre.
4. I can write a lead that hooks the reader in to my mystery story.
5. I can write my mystery story using my planner to help guide my story.
6. I can write my mystery story using my planner to help guide my story.
7. I can use transition words in my writing to help me keep my story interesting and moving along nicely.
8. I can write an ending to my story that brings closure.
9. I can make changes to my writing that makes it sound better. I can take feedback from a classmate to help revise my story.
10. I can make changes to my story so that it looks better. I can make sure my story uses correct capitals, words/verb properly, has correct punctuation, and that my words are spelt correctly.
11. I can make my story looked polished.

• Mystery story planner
• Transition words student resource
• Harris Burdick's Pictures & Backstory

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