constructed by Suzanne
Think of stories with a significant setting or house that symbolizes something greater. I can hear Lori screaming The House of Mango Street from here! :) Students can analyze the literature in this fun foldable.
Start by folding your paper in half horizontally (student speak: hamburger/taco). Fold the right side into the middle. Then the left. Open up this fold. You are going to press down the top to form the eaves (that's a thing, right?!) of the house. It looks a little paper airplane-ish. Do the same thing to the other side.
You can open up that front section for a shorter writing assignment like a Short Answer Question that explains what the house symbolizes. For longer writing, have students write on the entire sheet of paper before folding. We did this with a personal narrative about a significant place. They generate a list of three meaningful locations. Then they choose one that has a story they'd like to tell. Have students draw a floor plan of this location on the front of the paper. Then they should briefly describe meaningful events that took place there. This is their pre-writing for the activity. On the back, they will draft their story about this meaningful place. Finally, they can complete the directions to create the house.
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| See, it's cute! |
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