SPOKEN 0.1
Launch the Spoken Story

Grades 1-3

Task 0.1.1

Close your eyes. Relax. Softly repeat after your teacher reads these.

Repeat.

  1. Subject, not style, is king by a mile. 
  1. Write for strangers – not teachers, family, friends, or Ninja rangers.
  1. What readers know or don’t care about is Cold.
  1. What’s new and interesting to readers is Gold.
  1. To find gold, brainstorm, grade, and rank to scrape off the mold.
  1. Feel like you’re lost in a tunnel? Funnel. 

Repeat

  1. Subject, not style, is king by a mile.
  2. Write for strangers – not teachers, family, friends, or Ninja rangers. 
  3. What readers know or don’t care about is Old.
  4. What’s new and interesting to readers is Gold.
  5. To find gold, brainstorm, grade, and rank to scrape off the mold.
  6. Feel like you’re lost in a tunnel? Funnel.

Task 0.1.2 – Tandem

Click here and, working in twos, complete the quiz.  Do not use these pages or other resources. Do not ask anyone other than your partner.