Finish the Story

Subjects:

Computers & Internet, Language Arts

Grades:

2, 3

Title – Finish the Story

Subjects – Computers / Internet

Grade Level – 2-3

Computer Use in Education

Topic of Lesson:

Exploring the use of characterization in children’s literature.

Finish the Story:

Objectives:

The students will be able to identify the main characters and label the conflict or problem faced by the characters. (Students will get an opportunity to write the conclusions to A Strange Dream, Caught in “The Web”!, The Missing Duckling, and My First Sailing Trip Ever, which are unfinished stories found at http://goodnightstories.com/finish.htm.)

Materials:

One of your favorite children’s stories – I will use the Three Billy Goats Gruff as an example, and a computer lab that is hooked to the Internet.