Our first lesson in The Storyteller’s Project revolved around collections.

First, I read aloud The Matchbox Diary by Paul Fleischman.  We discussed how the Grandfather collected memories in matchboxes.

Next, students created heart maps.  Heartmaps provide an opportunity for students to make a map of all the things that are in their heart, all the things that matter to them.  The heart map was developed by Georgia Heard as a way to collect ideas that are rooted in memory and experience.  We made a connection between the Grandfather’s collection and students’ collections of ideas on their heart map.

I also gave students their writer’s notebooks and read aloud “What is a Writer’s Notebook Anyway?” from A Writer’s Notebook by Ralph Fletcher.  We finished the lesson by determining that the writer’s notebook is the perfect place to collect ideas for writing.

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