Posts

Pictured are 9^th Grade Narrative Writing Contest Winners Bruce Ford (left), Harley Tuttle (center), and McKenzie McLean (right). They worked together to write and illustrate an “Out of this World” story.

Students worked in small groups using Google documents to collaborate in writing and illustrating creative narratives. They wrote original—suspenseful—stories as part of a larger narrative unit examining narrative strategies like imagery, action, dialogue and plot. As part of the unit, students analyzed how writers like Arthur C. Clark (“If I Forget Thee Oh Earth…” and 2001 Space Odyssey) and H.G. Wells (War of the Worlds), use narrative strategies like action and dialogue to create suspense. Students had the opportunity to share their “Out of this World” stories by displaying them on the wall for other students to read.