Realistic Fiction Writing for Kids Episode 6: Revising Your Story
4 min2nd3rd4thReading & Writing (ELA)
Summary
Revising a realistic fiction story to add sensory details, strengthen the problem and solution, and make characters more believable.
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Teaching resources
Discussion questions
Revising makes characters more believable and details richer.
- What can you add to make a character feel real?
- How can sensory details improve a scene?
- Is your problem clearly solved by the end?
Quick work-a-long
Words to know: revise, sensory detail, believable
- Add a sensory detail (sight, sound, smell) to one scene.
- Strengthen one spot where your character feels flat.