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We read the story together out loud either as a whole group, or in smaller groups.  I encourage students to use punctuation to guide them on how to read the story for fluency.  The reading handout and PowerPoint has essential vocabulary for comprehension, pre-reading discussion questions to build background and historical context, and post-reading comprehension questions.

Students then use mentor sentences to construct their own sentences of varied lengths.  Then they move on to a flash fiction activity where they need to be mindful of the intention behind each sentence, and choose  the length accordingly.  The flash fiction activity can be as short or as workshopped as time allows, as either a quick paragraph exit ticket, or a longer extension activity.

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