Imagination Collaboration: Create a Story + Practice Editing + Public Speaking

*Begining reading skills will benefit learners


In this one-time class, students will get the opportunity to co-create a story with their peers.  

Whether we soar up into the galaxy in our hamburger mobile, wearing formal wear, in order to save the planet, or we dive deep into the azure ocean, where whales teach us their language and we help them clean up the garbage that is hurting them. Each lesson will be unique - filled with adventure and creativity. 

After receiving a prompt (picture/short video/sentence), students will take turns contributing to the main storyline. Throughout the process, students might learn about story structure, parts of speech (nouns, adjectives, etc.), language features (similies, metaphors, etc.), grammar (sentence structure), and spelling. Students get the majority of the talk time during this lesson, which means they are able to practice speaking in front of a group and have an opportunity to grow their confidence when sharing their ideas. I will do my best to ensure talk time is fair between students and encourage students who are more reluctant with prompts and questions. 

The teacher will type the story as its being constructed in a PowerPoint document, asking for spelling suggestions and perhaps including intentional mistakes to edit out later - depending on the age and ability of the class. Other editing focuses could be on adding detail, punctuation, and flow of the story. 

By eliminating the act of 'writing', students who get easily frustrated with the multiple elements of story writing, get a chance to let their imagination soar, constructing a story and focusing on learning about the other elements in story creation. 

If you have any questions, please message me.
I look forward to meeting your learner and creating magical stories together!

*After the class has ended students will receive a copy of their co-created story which they can then illustrate, expand on or read. 
*Each one-time class of the same title will have a different story prompt/motivation so that students can sign up again and the lesson will always be different.