Story Writing Week!

March 5-9, 2018

Where do we start? 
What should we write about? 
What kind of experiences do students share no matter where they live and go to school? 
How do we take everyone's ideas in the class and make only one story introduction?
Why are we only writing one part and then passing it on to other students who have no idea what we think should happen next?

These were just a few of the things we had to wrestle through as a class when writing the first part of our collaborative story. By far the greatest challenge the class faced was having to embrace the concept of starting something without having control of what happens next. 

As we wrote, we tried to be very international about including  universal childhood experiences...habits like chewing fingernails when fearful, having to face uncertainties, and especially the need for companionship.  

We managed to keep the introduction to under 250 words, and have sent off part one to be translated into Spanish.  We're so excited to see where the story goes next! 

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