WEBVTT 00:00:00,420 --> 00:00:04,880 Teacher: Who can tell me what makes a good story? Will? 00:00:04,880 --> 00:00:10,450 Will: Well, if it has a great action scene in like the very middle of it. 00:00:10,450 --> 00:00:12,830 Teacher: A great action scene. Good. 00:00:12,830 --> 00:00:17,320 Student: A hook that could, like, get you into the book before you quit it. 00:00:17,320 --> 00:00:23,900 Teacher: So you have kind of the reader that wants to be sucked into the story and be aware. Very good. Any other ideas on what makes a 00:00:23,900 --> 00:00:29,800 good story? Stuart? 00:00:29,800 --> 00:00:31,770 Stuart: Make the story kind of make sense. 00:00:31,770 --> 00:00:38,600 Teacher: The story needs to make sense. Have you ever read a story that you just read it and said, “What was that about? I have no 00:00:38,600 --> 00:00:45,110 idea. It made no sense at all!” You want a story to make sense. Very good. Do stories have to be true? 00:00:45,110 --> 00:00:46,420 Class: No. 00:00:46,420 --> 00:00:49,740 Teacher: No. What kind of stories can you have? Sarah? 00:00:49,740 --> 00:00:51,400 Sarah: Fantasy. Teacher: Huh? 00:00:51,400 --> 00:00:51,570 Sarah: Fantasy stories. 00:00:51,570 --> 00:00:54,260 Teacher: Fantasy stories. Victor? Victor: Fiction. 00:00:54,260 --> 00:00:56,190 Teacher: Fiction. Ellie? Ellie: Biography. 00:00:56,190 --> 00:01:03,770 Teacher: Biography. Elias? Elias: Um, Greek mythology. 00:01:03,770 --> 00:01:07,550 Teacher: Greek mythology. Cameron? Cameron: Maybe a novel? 00:01:07,550 --> 00:01:16,430 Teacher: A novel. So, yeah, you have all different kinds of stories, and we want stories to have all their parts and make sense. We want 00:01:16,430 --> 00:01:22,890 them to be fun to read. We want to be able to hook our readers, and they need to have all their parts. 00:01:22,890 --> 00:01:31,530 Teacher: Today, we’re gonna learn about how to use it with story writing, ok? So the “P” in POW is “pick my idea.” We need to pick an 00:01:31,530 --> 00:01:38,400 idea. What’s my story gonna be about. What can a story be about? 00:01:38,400 --> 00:01:48,460 Teacher: The second part of the trick is organize my notes. Does anybody write out any notes when they make a story? You do? Do you 00:01:48,460 --> 00:01:55,700 write down what all ideas of how you’re gonna write your story? Yeah, it helps me a lot when I have to write a story, ’cause I can’t 00:01:55,700 --> 00:02:02,200 keep all my ideas in my head and sometimes I forget them, and if I don’t write them down, I won’t have them later when I go to write. 00:02:02,200 --> 00:02:13,620 So I am gonna teach you a trick on how to organize your notes for stories. Ok? And then, the third part, is write and say more. So I’m 00:02:13,620 --> 00:02:19,180 gonna take my notes, and I’m gonna write my story and I’m gonna add more to it. 00:02:19,180 --> 00:02:26,730 Teacher: So today I’m going to share with you how I write, ‘cause sometimes I have trouble writing. And I’m going to show you how I 00:02:26,730 --> 00:02:36,320 use my tricks. So I have this picture here, and now I have to think, “Hhhhmmm. What am I going to write a story about? What do I do 00:02:36,320 --> 00:02:43,580 first? This is hard. I know! I’ll use POW.” 00:02:43,580 --> 00:02:52,640 Teacher: So first I have to…What’s “P”?: “Pick my idea.” I’m going to pick an idea. Okay, so he’s looking at a magnifying glass. It’s 00:02:52,640 --> 00:03:03,560 kind of a silly picture. I really don’t like it. Okay, keep my mind free. I can think of a good idea. I think my idea’s going to be…he’s 00:03:03,560 --> 00:03:14,120 going on a big adventure. He’s searching for a treasure. That’s what my idea is going to be. So I’m doing POW, okay? So I picked my idea. 00:03:14,120 --> 00:03:19,390 He’s going on a treasure hunt. All right, that’s done. 00:03:21,140 --> 00:03:31,980 Teacher: Okay, so next I have to “Organize my notes.” Writing is so tough. All right, what do I do to organize my notes? That’s right, I 00:03:31,980 --> 00:03:44,810 learned a trick. W-W-W, What = 2, How = 2. Okay, so I have this. This is my graphic organizer. This will help me remember my parts. 00:03:44,810 --> 00:03:59,330 So WWW. “Who?” Oh, I don’t know that one. I can skip that one. “When?” He looks kind of modern, but he has a canteen and a 00:03:59,330 --> 00:04:18,610 magnifying glass. I’m going to say, like, 1903. Okay. “Where?” Where would somebody go on a treasure hunt? Um, I have no idea. Who does 00:04:18,610 --> 00:04:31,600 treasure hunts anymore? Okay, keep my mind free. I can do this. Where? Ooh, the desert in Africa. That’ll be good. I like that idea! 00:04:31,600 --> 00:04:40,840 “Desert.” “Africa.” Okay. 00:04:40,840 --> 00:04:53,690 Teacher: That’s it. I have all my parts. I organized my notes. Yes…alright, I picked my idea, I organized my notes, and now I’m 00:04:53,690 --> 00:05:08,660 going to write and say more. So now I’m gonna use my notes, so I’m gonna say 1903, I’m gonna check that off, ’cause I have that part 00:05:08,660 --> 00:05:16,890 done. Okay so you guys are sitting in pairs, and you’re going to work with your partner on memorizing the trick. Sometimes you might 00:05:16,890 --> 00:05:24,210 want to write a story at home or if you keep a journal at home, or if you go on an airplane, and go far far away, and decide to write a 00:05:24,210 --> 00:05:31,550 story about your trip. You’ll want to use the trick, and you won’t always have the poster to help you out with the trick. So if you 00:05:31,550 --> 00:05:41,210 memorize it, then you can take it with you and use it anywhere, and use it all the time. Okay so you can turn to your partner and you 00:05:41,210 --> 00:05:48,870 have these little cards, and you can quiz each other to help you memorize the trick. All right so today we’re gonna write a story 00:05:48,870 --> 00:06:00,910 together, and I’m going to need your help. I have this picture here. So what am I going to do first? Victor… 00:06:00,910 --> 00:06:03,000 Victor: Who’s the main character? 00:06:03,000 --> 00:06:06,530 Teacher: Who’s the main character? That’s good, but what am I going to do before that? 00:06:06,530 --> 00:06:07,230 Student: Pick your idea. 00:06:07,230 --> 00:06:13,240 Teacher: Pick my idea. What’s the trick I use for all kinds of writing? 00:06:13,240 --> 00:06:17,210 Students: POW.Teacher: POW. 00:06:17,210 --> 00:06:26,350 Teacher: So I am going to pick my idea. What’s my idea going to be? Thank you. Anybody have an idea? 00:06:26,350 --> 00:06:28,420 Thomas: They’re going on a family road trip. 00:06:28,420 --> 00:06:37,720 Teacher: Family road trip. Ok, so I’ve picked my idea. So who’s my main character going to be on my family trip? 00:06:37,720 --> 00:06:43,880 Student: Fat guy driving. (Children laughing.) 00:06:43,880 --> 00:06:53,200 Teacher: I’m going to put “guy driving.” So do you notice I don’t write complete sentences? 00:06:53,200 --> 00:07:00,940 Teacher: We wrote and said more. This is the story we wrote based off of our notes from the graphic organizer. 00:07:00,940 --> 00:07:08,330 Teacher: Okay, so you guys are going to practice working on these tricks by yourself, okay? You each have a picture on your table, and 00:07:08,330 --> 00:07:14,970 you have a graphic organizer just like the one that I’ve been using on the board. But you have a smaller one. So I want you to work on 00:07:14,970 --> 00:07:25,440 and think about using POW and W-W-W, What = 2, How = 2 to write a story about those pictures, okay? If you have any questions, raise 00:07:25,440 --> 00:07:29,860 your hands. I’ll be walking around to help you.