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21 Writing Time-Travel Fantasies

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Writing Time-Travel Fantasies

Start-Up Activity

Read the top paragraph aloud to your students. Then ask them the "What If?" questions at the bottom of the page. After students share some of their responses, challenge them to come up with their own "What If?" questions, and have other classmates answer the questions.

Let students know that this chapter will allow them to open up their imaginations and create exciting, crazy, funny stories that tell what would happen if they could travel in time.

Think About It

“Everyone needs a fantasy.”

—Andy Warhol

State Standards Covered in This Chapter

CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.W.3.3

CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.W.3.3.A

CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.W.3.3.B

CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.W.3.3.C

CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.W.3.3.D

CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.W.3.4

CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.W.3.5

CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.3.1

CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.3.2

CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.3.3

CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.3.5

LAFS Covered in This Chapter

LAFS.3.W.1.3

LAFS.3.W.2.4

LAFS.3.W.2.5

LAFS.3.RL.1.1

LAFS.3.RL.1.2

LAFS.3.RL.1.3

LAFS.3.RL.2.5

TEKS Covered in This Chapter

110.5.b.12.A

110.5.b.11

110.5.b.11.B.i

110.5.b.11.B.ii

110.5.b.11.A

110.5.b.11.C

110.5.b.11.D

110.5.b.6.B

110.5.b.9.A

110.5.b.8.B

110.5.b.8.C

110.5.b.9.B

110.5.b.9.C

TEKS Covered in This Chapter

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Thinking About Time Travel

Use this page to spark students' imaginations about the possibilities of time travel. Ask them the questions under "Choose a Time and Place" and have them write down as many answers as they can think of.

Then have them choose some of their answers and do some research in their history books, in the library, or online to find out about the time and place.

Afterward, ask students to think about how they want the time travel to work in their stories.

Related Minilesson:
State Standard Reference:
LAFS Standard:
LAFS.3.W.1.3
TEKS Standard:
110.5.b.12.A, 110.5.b.11
NE ELA Standard:
LA 3.2.2, LA 3.2.2.a, LA 3.2.2.b, LA 3.2.1.b

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Level:
Grade 3
Mode:
Narrative WritingCreative Writing
Form:
StoryFantasy
English Language Arts:
WritingPrewriting

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Writing a Fantasy

Have students start their fantasies by coming up with interesting characters. The characters could be themselves and their friends, or they could be completely made-up people. Let students know that they need to choose characters that readers will want to read about.

Next, have students come up with a problem that characters face. Have them write "Problems of ______(characters)_____" in the middle of a piece of paper and circle it. Then have them write possible problems in a cluster all around this central idea. Students should pick a problem that will challenge the characters and make the readers want to find out more.

Finally, help students think about interesting locations for their fantasies and times for the time-travel to occur.

State Standard Reference:
LAFS Standard:
LAFS.3.W.1.3
TEKS Standard:
110.5.b.12.A, 110.5.b.11
NE ELA Standard:
LA 3.2.2, LA 3.2.2.a, LA 3.2.2.b, LA 3.2.1.b

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Level:
Grade 3
Mode:
Narrative WritingCreative Writing
Form:
StoryFantasy
English Language Arts:
Writing ProcessPrewriting

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Writing, Revising, and Editing

Once your students have done their prewriting, lead them through the drafting tips at the top of the page. They should let their imaginations "Take Off," but they also need to establish their characters and the problem and show how the time travel happens.

After students complete their drafts, spur their revising by asking the questions under "Review Your Draft." Have peer responders help students improve their work.

Then get students to check for spelling and punctuation errors and create neat final copies to share.

State Standard Reference:
LAFS Standard:
LAFS.3.W.1.3
TEKS Standard:
110.5.b.12.A, 110.5.b.11
NE ELA Standard:
LA 3.2.2, LA 3.2.2.a, LA 3.2.2.b, LA 3.2.1.b

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Level:
Grade 3
Mode:
Narrative WritingCreative Writing
Form:
Story
English Language Arts:
Writing ProcessWritingRevisingEditing

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Sample Time-Travel Fantasy

Have student volunteers read aloud each paragraph in the sample time-travel fantasy on pages 102–103. After they finish, go back to ask questions about each side note, requiring students to find evidence in the text:

  • Who are the main characters in this story?
  • How does the time travel happen?
  • What is the problem?
  • What events make the problem worse?
  • What solution do the characters create?
  • How does the time travel work next?
  • What is the twist at the end?
State Standard Reference:
LAFS Standard:
LAFS.3.RL.1.1
TEKS Standard:
110.5.b.6.B
NE ELA Standard:
LA 3.1.6.i

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Level:
Grade 3
Mode:
Narrative WritingCreative Writing
Form:
FantasyStory
English Language Arts:
ReadingWriting