45. 1st Grade: A Field of Stories

My name is Angela!

Hello! I am currently a sophomore in college. I, myself, can be a pretty crafty person and I have a great love for art! I try to incorporate that into the activities I create for students as I think that having an artistic aspect to any activity is a great way to have the student become more involved in their work.

The goal of this activity is for students to have a better grasp on describing the character, events, and places of a story. Condensing it down to multiple adjectives for aspects of a story will help them in the future when they need to apply vocabulary to retell the events of a story.

This will meet the Arizona Common Core standard (1.RL.3), by teaching students to describe characters, settings, and major events in a story, using key details.

What you will need:

● Provided template 

● Piece of cardboard 

● Clear tape 

● Glue 

● Scissors 

● String/yarn ● Pencil

• Regular 8×11 paper or construction paper
• Writing utensil
• Colored pencils

Directions:

1. Have a student read any fictional story they would like. After they finish, gather the materials needed.

2. After they are done with the story, have them draw flowers on a piece of paper. 

• Each flower should represent a character, event, and place in the story

3. Write the name of the character, event or setting in the middle of the flower’s center.

4. Have them write one word describing the thing they wrote in the center of the flower.

•  For example, if they wrote “castle” in the center of a flower, they should write words such as “big,” “shiny,” “magical,” “old,” etc. in the petals.

5. Have them do this until every flower is complete. 

6. When they are done, they may decorate their flowers if they want to. 

Your students now have a way to map out the descriptions of characters, settings, and more for the stories they read! This activity will be helpful for your students to organize their ideas for any future writing assignments or projects they will have to do.

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