This has been such a fun, rewarding project that my class has loved to work on. It has taken us a few more weeks than expected, but when you are involved in a process you can't just rush the final stages. We have all learnt so much about publishing in pages and using the amazing templates that are available.
I use this writing process in most of my writing projects, I think I got it from the site Teachers Pay Teachers, but I can't really remember to be honest. We discussed that every story has a problem and I shared a story mountain model so that we could start thinking about what mischief our monsters could get up to.
Using Padlet to collect ideas for any "Brain Drain" is a great tool to engage and inspire your learner's writing. Check out our brainstorm for this writing, lots of crazy creative ideas!!
After the children had discussed what problem their monster would face, we also talked about how they would solve it. This was a collaborative task in which the children got into small groups with one possible problem. They had to come up with some different ways the monster might solve it. I believe that by getting the children to discussion their ideas with lots of different people really helps them to get the story planned out in their minds. I find that when it's time to start the draft all children are confident and eager to get started.
As part of the planning process I adapted the "Seven Sentence" model to encourage the children to start writing paragraphs. You can see our work flow on our class blog (this is a space I put most of our work for the children to access directly. Here is one of our finished books written by Guy
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Trudi FausettLearning in my space is now all about what the children can create with the new knowledge they have learnt. It’s about using all the tools available to showcase their understanding to a much wider audience. I find it so inspiring that I can connect children’s learning with their own unique creativity in so many more ways. Archives
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