Creative Narratives for Creative Writing

Upper Elementary Snapshots (2016) and Crafting Connections (2014)

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Task 3

The third and final task for students is to individually create their own creative narrative using the scaffolded knowledge as a foundation. Students will either plan what they want to write or they can just write whatever comes to mind, which is known as Free Writing. 

The task will last the entire lesson. For those that want to plan, they can have fifteen minutes to do so or come to class prepared with what they wish to write about. There is no minimum word limit to this task, however, there is a maximum at three thousand words. Now I know that seems like a lot and that it's not possible to reach that amount of words in an hour or however long the class goes for. Let me tell you, while three thousand can be quite a lot for one hour, everyone writes at a different speed. The goal is to write a story that has a backbone of structure such as characters, point of view, plot, themes, action and dialogue. As well as the sound of voice using adverbs, adjectives, descriptive language and metaphors. 

There is a prompt for the narrative that the students will create: "Every Lock Has Keys"

Hernandez, 2012

The idea of this task, is to have fun with writing, to experience the joys of creating original worlds that characters of your own mind get to experience and enjoy; solve puzzles even, save a princess or a prince, kiss the frog or defeat the evil wizard. 

So all I can say, is good luck, have fun and write from the heart.

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