For my final session with David, I
figured we would once again tackle an elaboration activity to enhance his
writing. This time we focused on what is called action chains. These chains
involve taking a simple action, such as “I tumbled forward” and making it
something like “I caught my toe in the carpet, fell forward, and tumbled down
the stairs.” This takes a simple action and turns it into a more vivid picture.
I chose this because it allows David a lot of flexibility in creating his
chains, rather than being a very structured assignment. Following my
explanation of action chains, I gave David five simple action statements and
had him turn them into chains. I was very impressed with what he came up with
and let him choose a YouTube video to watch as a reward. Lastly, we spent
another ten minutes going over some math problems at the request of David’s
mother.
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