Story Planet

COLLECTIVE WRITING & INDEPENDENT STORY WRITING

Duration/Time: 2 hours x 1 days = 2 hrs total
Grade/Level: 1 – 6

The Process: Students brainstorm ideas and create a class “story starter” with a writer. Using Idea Tokens, we ensure each child has a chance to voice their ideas. Students are then encouraged to work independently to come up with their own endings to the class story.  A guest artist enriches the students’ experience by helping to draw the characters the kids come up with.  “Alpha” is an excellent “basic” workshop for all age groups and ability levels.

The Outcome: Each student receives a fantastic book with his or her own ending in it.

Curriculum

All workshops offer teachers the time and resources for quick and easy student assessment and/or evaluation.  These assessments and evaluations can easily be added to teacher marks and/or used for final reporting.

• Subject/Strand: Oral and Visual Communication

Workshop Activity: Student will have the opportunity to speak and listen as they take part in brainstorming, discussions and story telling.

Curriculum Outcome: Students will reflect and identify strengths and ways to improve listening and speaking.

• Subject/Strand: Reading

Workshop Activity: The students will read the stories they create as they create them. At the end they will share their endings.

Curriculum Outcome: Students will use knowledge of words and cueing systems, recognize a variety of text, text features and stylistic elements and demonstrate how they help communicate meaning.  Students will practice reading fluently.

• Subject/Strand: Writing

Workshop Activity: Students will write their own endings to the collective story.

Curriculum Outcome: Students will generate, gather and organize information, drafting and revising their writing.

• Subject/Strand: The Arts

Workshop Activity: An artist will introduce his or her own art form to inspire the students.

Curriculum Outcome: Students will create and present their art form.