I've been managing to get a lot of mileage out of my cup of sticks. For this project, fifth graders pulled 3 sticks out of the cup with random words on them, and then were challenged to write a short story involving the random objects. First, the stories were planned in their sketchbooks. Then, the fifth graders wrote them out and illustrated them on small booklets that I had made for everyone. This project makes me wish we had a few more weeks of school so we could finish these books up nice and tightly; as it stands now the books are mostly pencil, with only a few finishing in time to add some color to it.
Anyway, the result is a ton of very strange and extremely unique stories about evil pickles, possessed hula hoops, or skateboard superheroes. Here are a few pages for a little peek.
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