The+Writing+Process

Either Barry Lane video: [] or [] and //The Natural: The Final Homerun// [] []
 * Exploding the Moment: Narrating //The Natural//**
 * Objective:** After viewing Barry Lane's video on //Exploding the Moment//, the student will narrate a moment from //The Natural// to demonstrate understanding of adding memorable detail to their writing.
 * Materials:**

Let's think of our favorite moments in stories (you can have students or you yourself can quickly share an example). It is often the description that helps us create a visual picture that is created in our head. Today we'll begin to explore one way that we can do this as writers.
 * Input:**

(This lesson can be broken into multiple days.)
 * Minilesson**:
 * Introduce students to the Barry Lane video on exploding the moment (4-5 minute video).
 * Discuss what he states with the students.
 * Explain that exploding the moment is when we as writers slow down a quick moment in order to involve the reader visually with description.
 * Have students watch the clip from //The Natural//. (watch ahead of time to determine the stopping point -- around 4 minutes).

Today, you will work in groups using Voicethread to narrate this scene in //The Natural.// Students are going rewatch the scene and write it as if they were the filmmaker creating the scene. Together they should share and collaborate their writings in order to create a final moment. They can then use Voice Thread ([|www.voicethread.com]) to narrate the final homerun scene.
 * Guided Practice:**

This can be posted to the classroom blog where students can give feedback to each other.

Students share their various group work and discuss which scenes were more memorable. Take some time to discuss the powerful crafting.
 * Closure:**

Give students time to consume more examples and critique it, but establish a time when you will expect them to dabble in exploding the moment in order to build a scene.
 * Independent Practice**: