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Overview Week 1 Week 2 Week 3 Week 4 Resources

Summary:

The project provides students with the opportunity to participate in a creative writing project. During four consecutive weeks the students will contribute to and develop a story or poem.

 
Enrol Project Dates
Year From To Start Publish Week 1 Publish Week 2 Publish Week 3 Publish Week 4
2004 17th May 13th June 14th June 18th June 25th June 2nd July 9th July
2005 16th May 12th June 13th June 17th June 24th June 1st July 8th July

Week 1 The Beginning
  • Introducing the title
  • Introduce the characters
  • Discuss and choose the characters for the story
  • Introduce the first scene scenarios
  • Discuss and choose the scene to introduce the story
  • Using the outline story beginning create Chapter 1 the introduction to the story
  • Publish the story beginning to the project web site

Week 2 The Adventure
  • Review Week 1 story beginnings published on the project web site
  • Make comparisons using the published story beginnings
  • Read the story development suggestions
  • Discuss and decide which story development scenario the students want their story to follow
  • Write and illustrate Chapter 2 of the story.
  • Publish the story beginning to the project web site

Week 3 How Will It End?
  • Review Week 2 story developments published on the project web site
  • Make comparisons using the published story developments
  • Read the adventure developments suggestions
  • Discuss and decide which story adventure scenario the students want their story to follow
  • Write and illustrate Chapter 3 of the story.
  • Publish the work to the project web site

Week 4 What Have We Learnt?
  • Review Week 3 story developments published on the project web site
  • Make comparisons using the published story developments
  • Read the endings developments suggestions
  • Discuss and decide which story ending scenario the students want their story to follow
  • Write and illustrate Chapter 4 of the story

Overview Week 1 Week 2 Week 3 Week 4 Resources