Personal Stories: Students are challenged with writing about themselves in a story that has no humans at all. They then created a 1 sentence tagline with visuals to entice readers to want to read their story. Click on the names to see the results.
Nyia Glassco * Anonymous ("Not Quite A Gibson Guitar" and "What We're Made Of") * Nicole Weinzimmer
Nyia Glassco * Anonymous ("Not Quite A Gibson Guitar" and "What We're Made Of") * Nicole Weinzimmer
Journals are done every Thursday. Throughout the semester, students will be chosen to have their work shared online. Students can decline the offer, and some students may accept the offer but request their identity be withheld publicly (student privacy is respected). For those who accept, journals are published "as is," which is usually from free-writing. Click the buttons to peruse the works and please feel free to share any comments or questions. Enjoy!
Topic: Create a story that uses the slogan of a country or state as inspiration for the setting.
Authors include: Nicole Weinzimmer * Alan Zhu Anonymous Topic: Include the following 5 words, either publish brand cancel feign noise OR lift murder worm power bracket in the order given.
Authors include: Cameron Billings * Caroline Hefti James Riggen * Anonymous Topic: What If...Write about what would happen if your "What If" came true.
Authors include: Sydni Belcher * Cameron Billings Isaac Thompson * Nicole Weinzimmer * Anonymous (2) Topic: Favorite Food. Use sensory details to describe your favorite food. Winning descriptions include:
Cameron Billings * Anonymous Topic: "Most likely to..." given famous characters and a crazy list of "Most..." awards
Authors include: Sydni Belcher * Anonymous Topic: Villain's point of view. Tell a story through the perspective of the villain.
Authors include: Cameron Billings * Hannah Milam James Riggen * Isaac Thompson Topic: Describe the ideal date. Consider whose ideal date this would be.
Authors include: Cameron Billings * James Riggen Isaac Thompson * Anonymous (3) Topic: Tell a story involving a character with an unusual name (names to choose from were supplied).
Authors include: Sydni Belcher * Anonymous (2) Topic: Write about a ritual or tradition - it doesn't have to be your own.
Authors include: Anonymous (2) Sydni Belcher * Saja Kattom James Riggen * Emmerson Wolfe |
Topic: For the final journal, it was optional, and students did not have to complete it. For those who chose to do it, they could write about anything they wanted.
Authors include: Anonymous * Alan Zhu Topic: Given several works of art, write a story using one of the works as inspiration.
Authors include: Caroline Hefti * Hannah Milam James Riggen * Nicole Weinzimmer Topic: Alphabet Story. Write a story with 26 sentences; each sentence needs to begin with a different letter of the alphabet in order (A-Z or Z-A).
Authors include: Sydni Belcher * Clara Fitzpatrick Nicole Weinzimmer * Anonymous (2) Topic: Write a story using a poem written by another student via an online poem tool as inspiration.
Authors include: Cameron Billings * Saja Kattom Jasmine Lamon * Emmerson Wolfe * Anonymous (2) Poets include: Cameron Billings * Emmerson Wolfe Clara Fitzpatrick & Hailey Lucas * Nicole Weinzimmer Austin Klokkenga * Anonymous (1) Topic: Illnesses & Phobias
Authors include: Jasmine Lamon * Hannah Milam Nicole Weinzimmer * Anonymous (3) Topic: Confess!!! Write a confession. It can be anyone’s confession.
Authors include: Cameron Billings * Lillian Nelson Alan Zhu * Anonymous (3) Topic: Introduce the character created earlier in the week focusing on the method you were given (action, appearance, voice/thought).
Authors include: Saja Kattom * Lillian Nelson Isaac Thompson * Anonymous Topic: Create new titles to accompany existing book covers.
Authors include: Kiara Pauli Hailey Lucas * Sydni Belcher Michael Palmer * James Riggen Topic: The journal could be about anything.
Authors include: Sydni Belcher Cameron Billings * James Riggen Isaac Thompson * Nicole Weinzimmer Emmerson Wolfe * Anonymous (2) |