Telling Stories in One Sentence!

English Language Arts Grades 1st Grade 5:35 Video
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Lesson Description

Learn how to tell a story in just one sentence! This lesson covers the key elements of a story (who, where, what happened) and how to write a complete sentence with proper capitalization, spacing, and punctuation.

Video Resource

Telling a Story in One Sentence!

Miacademy Learning Channel

Duration: 5:35
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Key Concepts

  • Story Elements (Who, Where, What Happened)
  • Complete Sentences
  • Capitalization, Spacing, and Punctuation

Learning Objectives

  • Students will be able to identify the who, where, and what happened in a simple story.
  • Students will be able to write a complete sentence to tell a story.
  • Students will be able to use correct capitalization, spacing, and punctuation when writing a sentence.

Educator Instructions

  • Introduction (5 mins)
    Begin by asking students what makes a good story. Introduce the concept that stories have characters, settings, and events.
  • Video Viewing (5 mins)
    Play the Miacademy Learning Channel video: 'Telling a Story in One Sentence!'. Encourage students to pay attention to the story elements and how the presenter writes sentences.
  • Discuss Story Elements (10 mins)
    After the video, discuss the story elements: who, where, and what happened. Provide examples and ask students to identify these elements in familiar stories.
  • Sentence Writing Practice (15 mins)
    Guide students in creating their own stories using the who, where, and what happened format. Then, have them write one sentence to tell their story. Emphasize proper capitalization, spacing, and punctuation.
  • Sharing and Review (5 mins)
    Have students share their sentences with the class. Review the key concepts of story elements and sentence writing.

Interactive Exercises

  • Picture Story
    Show students a picture and have them identify the 'who, where, and what happened' in the picture. Then, have them write a one-sentence story about the picture.
  • Sentence Scramble
    Provide students with sentence strips with the words mixed up. Have them unscramble the words to form a complete sentence with correct capitalization and punctuation.

Discussion Questions

  • What are the three main parts of a story?
  • Why is it important to start a sentence with a capital letter?
  • Why do we need spaces between our words?

Skills Developed

  • Storytelling
  • Sentence Writing
  • Grammar and Punctuation
  • Active Listening

Multiple Choice Questions

Question 1:

What are the three main parts of a story?

Correct Answer: Who, Where, What Happened

Question 2:

What do we need at the beginning of a sentence?

Correct Answer: A capital letter

Question 3:

What goes at the end of a sentence?

Correct Answer: A period

Question 4:

What do we call the place where a story happens?

Correct Answer: Where

Question 5:

Which of these is a sentence: 'The dog'?

Correct Answer: No

Question 6:

Why do we put spaces between words in a sentence?

Correct Answer: So it is easier to read

Question 7:

Who is the story about?

Correct Answer: The who

Question 8:

Where did Ethan plant a garden?

Correct Answer: In his backyard

Question 9:

What should a sentence start with?

Correct Answer: A capital letter

Question 10:

What tells what happened in the story?

Correct Answer: What happened

Fill in the Blank Questions

Question 1:

The three main parts of a story are who, where, and ____ happened.

Correct Answer: what

Question 2:

We start a sentence with a ____ letter.

Correct Answer: capital

Question 3:

We put a ____ at the end of a sentence.

Correct Answer: period

Question 4:

The 'where' tells us the ____ of the story.

Correct Answer: place

Question 5:

The 'who' tells us about the ____ in the story.

Correct Answer: people

Question 6:

We put ____ between each word in a sentence.

Correct Answer: space

Question 7:

A bear went ____ at the pond.

Correct Answer: fishing

Question 8:

Ethan planted a ____ in his backyard.

Correct Answer: garden

Question 9:

A sentence needs a subject and a ____.

Correct Answer: verb

Question 10:

If you run out of room, go to the ____ line.

Correct Answer: next

Educational Standards

1.2.PC.1:Students will recognize the distinguishing features of a sentence (e.g., capitalization of the first word, ending punctuation: period, exclamation point, question mark). 1.2.W.3:Students will use appropriate spacing between letters and words in writing. 1.3.W.1:Students will write narratives incorporating characters, plot (i.e., beginning, middle, end), and a basic setting (i.e., time, place) with prompting. 1.5.W.1:Students will compose simple sentences that conclude with an end mark. 1.1.L.1:Students will actively listen using agreed-upon discussion rules.

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