The Shape of Story

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The Shape of Story is written by Pam Allyn and published by Allyn & Bacon. It's available with International Standard Book Number or ISBN identification 0132907534 (ISBN 10) and 9780132907538 (ISBN 13).

Core Ready is a dynamic series of books providing educators with critical tools for navigating the Common Core Standards effectively, fluidly, and successfully. In the pages of these books, readers see how to take complex concepts related to the standards and turn them into practical, specific, everyday lessons. For more information on the Core Ready program, see Be Core Ready: Powerful, Effective Steps to Implementing and Achieving the Common Core State Standards ISBN: 9780132907460. The Shape of Story: Yesterday and Today is one of the 4 Doors to Core Ready for the standards-serious student and teacher. It is a rich, day-to-day, step-by-step guide for helping all students become core ready. Using the books in The Core Ready Program, readers see how to turn the standards into meaningful instruction and learning. Enter through this door in the Core Ready program to bring the power of literary narrative with a focus on the importance of theme, character, and story structures from both yesterday's and today's literature to the classroom. Readers see how to turn the standards into meaningful instruction and teaching toward accomplishment of the narrative and archetypal story-centered goals in the standards. Teachers and students are guided through three rich and dynamic lesson sets that staircase up, giving teachers an opportunity to work together across grade levels to be sure goals are met, each with complete step by step reading and writing lessons that center on the fundamental aspects of story itself as seen in the standards, along with guidance for speaking, listening, and language use: Grade 3: Tales with a Message: Unlocking and Exploring Folktales Grade 4: Enduring Themes: Central Message in Traditional Text Grade 5: Imagined Worlds/Human Themes: Reading and Writing Fantasy Through these lesson sets, students gain an understanding of the unique structure, craft, and terminology associated with each genre outlined in the Common Core Standards, in this case, the genres of traditional stories, fantasy and folktales. They focus on the ways an author conveys meaning to an audience and learn how these methods vary depending on purpose and genre. And through the experience that is built, students become comfortable and familiar with the technicalities, tools, and elements of storytelling, which in turn builds strong readers, writers, and speakers. Click here to take a virtual tour!