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PLOT Workshop Guide



The following Blockbuster Plots line of plot tools
has teachers' guides available for student readers and writers
Middle School
High School
College
Adult

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The following plot tool has teachers' guide for MIDDLE SCHOOL/JUNIOR HIGH students

Plot Guide/Writers Workshop DVD Both the Scene Tracker and the Plot Planner tools are demonstrated Includes: 120 minute Plot Intensive Workshop DVD (best to also have on hand for reference help: the 200-page Blockbuster Plots book and the Scene Tracker template CD & tutorial) Free online Reading and Writing Teachers' Guide by Martha Alderson, M.A., teacher and plot consultant for writers. Teacher Note: These activities were created to offer information through a variety of auditory and visual channels to accomodate all different learning styles. GOALS: MIDDLE SCHOOL/Jr High or Grades 6-8 (ages 9-12) Students 1.) Become more proficient in Reading (R2-R3) and Writing (W2) Standands as outlined by the California Language Arts Content Standards 2.) Develop thinking skills as laid out in Bloom's Taxonomy

The teachers' guide for the following plot tool is under construction. Please check back.
For HIGH SCHOOL, COLLEGE, and ADULT STUDENTS

*NEW* SCENE TRACKER KIT Learn the Essential Elements of Scene and Discover the Essence of Plot BOX SET includes: 200-page Blockbuster Plots book, 120 minute Scene Tracker Plot Intensive Workshop DVD, Scene Tracker template CD & tutorial Free online Reading and Writing Teachers' Guide by Martha Alderson, M.A., teacher and plot consultant for writers. Teacher Note: These activities were created to offer information through a variety of auditory and visual channels to accomodate all different learning styles. GOALS: 1.) Students Grades 9-12 become more proficient in Reading (R2-R3) and Writing (W2) Standands as outlined by the California Language Arts Content Standards and develop thinking skills as laid out in Bloom's Taxonomy; 2.) College students become more proficient readers by deepening their comprehension and their relationship to literature to achieve more enjoyment in the act of reading and writers 3.) Adult writing students become better writers

The teachers' guide for the following plot tool is under construction. Please check back.
For HIGH SCHOOL, COLLEGE, and ADULT STUDENTS

SEVEN SECRETS OF PLOT Interactive Workshop DVD Free online Teachers' Guide by Martha Alderson, M.A., teacher and plot consultant for writers. Teacher Note: these activities were created to help all students become more proficient in Reading (R2-R3) and Writing (W2) Standands for students in Grades 9-12, as outlined by the California Language Arts Content Standards; to develop a hierarchy of thinking skills as laid out in Bloom's Taxonomy; and to offer students of differing learning styles a variety of auditory and visual input.

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