Story Starters - Adapted from Alberta Education. (2006). Daily physical activity: A handbook for grades 1-9 schools. Edmonton, AB: Learning and Teaching Resources Branch.
Materials
- Paper
- Pencils
- Give each student a piece of paper and choose a theme related to a recent topic of study
- Have the students begin writing a story (the first few lines)
- After one minute, stop the students and have them crumple up their paper and throw it to the other side of the room (SNOWBALL FIGHT.) Students then move around the room, using a specified locomotor pattern to find a new piece of paper
- On a signal, students pick up a new piece of paper that is close to them and read the story starter. They continue working on this story for the next minute.
- Continue this for several rounds, then indicate that students need to add a conclusion to the story.
- Have the students share their stories in groups.
- Have students draw a comic strip or write a poem instead of a story
- GLO 1.1 - Discover and Explore
- Experiment with language and form
- GLO 1.2 - Clarify and Extend
- Consider the ideas of others
- GLO 2.4 - Create original text
- Structure texts