Welcome, adventurous writers! 
My name is Meredith.  I am a writer, an actor, a director and your teacher for this class.  I look forward to helping you create, share and act out adventure stories using a different theme as a starting point each week.  

Here's how it works:  

*We start with a friendly greeting for each learner and a quick warm-up for our imaginations, voices and bodies.
*Meredith shares a prompt.  This may take the form of a picture, a sound, a few words or a sentence.  For example:  "What so we see from the top of the mountain?" or a voice calling out "Ahoy there!" or a picture of a robot and some tools.
*Discussion of preliminary ideas inspired by the prompt.  A little acting based on the ideas and characters that are suggested.  
*Meredith writes some of the ideas and some vocabulary words to choose from on the "white board" on her shared screen, and writes an example of a short paragraph or snippet of dialogue based on learners' ideas.
*We get to work!  Learners decide whether they want to start writing immediately or begin by sketching a character.  
*As everyone works independently on their adventure story (through writing and/or drawing) Meredith engages with each learner to find out what kind of guidance they may need.  Some class members may want to narrate a first sentence to be written on the white board for them to copy.  Others may want help with the spelling of a word, or want to talk through their idea if they are stuck.  This part of our class time is geared to each individual, their level of experience and comfort with writing, and their needs that particular day.
*Sharing and acting out a moment of each narrative or dialogue that is shared.  Sharing is optional but highly encouraged!
*Closure: thanking everyone for their work and support of other learners.

The hope is that learners will be inspired to continue to work on their adventure stories on their own during the week.  Learners are very welcome to send their work to me as a message or to post it on the classroom page.  I will always respond with supportive feedback and questions or suggestions for further engagement!

Learners can take this class as many times as they wish, and it is fine to take weeks off as needed and desired.  Each class has a new theme and prompt, so learners can create new stories each time or stick with the same characters and use each week's session as the basis for a new chapter in an ongoing adventure.

Thanks so much, and please feel free to message me through Outschool with any questions.

-Meredith

Themes by Week:
Oct 9 -12: Inside the treasure chest
Oct. 16 -19:  What we See From the Top of the Mountain
Oct 23: "Ahoy There!"
Oct 30:  Was that a Meow or a Roar??
Nov 6:  A flash of light
Nov. 13: Twins or mistaken identity
Nov. 20: Something comes out of a log
Nov 27:  With every step we sink deeper in...