Description

Narrative Builder Story Mapping Tool: boost reading comprehension, narrative comprehension, and writing skills.

Read & create . . . then write & tell. Narrative Builder is ideal to boost reading comprehension, narrative comprehension, and writing skills. Its efficient design will help students to better understand what they have read and be more effective at recounting the elements and progression of any story. Order includes the double-sided, magnetic-receptive Narrative Builder Tool, 13 dry-erase, organizational magnets, 2 fine-point, dry-erase makers, and a manual with reproducible pages for home practice or individual or group sessions.

Board Front: Read & Create

• The Narrative Builder board is dry erase film laminated and magnetic receptive on both sides.
•  Students utilize the 13 dry-erase, organizational magnets to create avisual map to identify, organize, and then recall story elements.
• The board front is divided into three sections: (1) Setting/Characters, (2) Timeline of Events, (3) How did the character feel? What did they think?
• The flip side of the board provides space to transfer the magnets to aid in summarizing the story.
• Includes sections for story grammar elements, story chronology, character motivation, and summarization.

 Step 1: Helps students organize and comprehend what they read

Step 2: Prompts generate events for story chronology

Step 3: Helps students develop descriptive words and identify with characters

Step 4: Magnets transfer to the reverse s ide for the organization and development of the essay.

Designed to hold an 8.5x11" sheet of paper in place.

Board Size: 14x16

Reverse Side: Write & Tell

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Target Audience

Great resource to use with students & adult clients in any setting - home practice or individual or group sessions.

Author

Nicole Gerami, MA, CCC-SLP, lectures on treating children on the autism spectrum and provides in-service training to educators on effective methods for teaching language comprehension from printed material. Nicole treats children with a wide range of delays and disorders and is best known for her work with children with autism spectrum disorders, including her StoryBuilder approach for teaching children with autism and other developmental disabilities to comprehend what they read.

Nicole is co-creator of the Program for Establishing and Enhancing Relationships through Social Skills (PEERSS™) and Friendship in Teams (FIT™), and she is a founding member of Western Reserve Speech & Language Partners (WRSLP™). Nicole is a frequent lecturer for the Ohio Speech-Language-Hearing Association, Milestones, and the Cuyahoga County Special Education Service Center. Nicole received her master’s degree from Case Western Reserve University in Cleveland, OH where she is currently an adjunct instructor.