Watch this video about a teacher who takes her students on a journey every year to write a novel in 30 days. While you are watching, listen to her encouraging words and how the teacher overcame her students’ fears.
Writing A Novel In 30 Days
A teacher takes her students on a journey to write a novel in 30 days.
Writing A Novel In 30 Days
A teacher takes her students on a journey to write a novel in 30 days.
Driving Questions
Look at the three Driving Questions below and in your groups, decide which question you would like to answer. Each group can answer the same question or each group can answer different questions. The choice is yours!
- How can we help younger students improve and maintain their reading skills?
- How can we use comics to tell the story of a unique life?
- How can we create stories that our kindergarten self would have enjoyed?
Possible Ideas
Reading Pals Life Comic Kids’ Books
How can we help younger students improve and maintain their reading skills?
Possible Idea: Reading Pals
Activities:
- Students research how to help younger students with reading.
- Students create a training process for helping young readers improve and maintain their reading skills.
- Students create a Reading Pals group that pairs an older student with a younger student to help with reading.
- Students work with the younger learners and, if possible, host a Reading Day to show how well the younger students are reading.
How can we use comics to tell the story of a unique life?
Possible Idea: A Day In the Life Comic
Activities:
- Students research the life of someone famous to the community or someone from the community.
- Students decide how best to retell this story through a comic book format.
- Students create their comic and share it as a physical and/or online version.
- Students invite the subject of their comic to come and talk to others about their life and to show the comic.
How can we create stories that our kindergarten self would have enjoyed?
Possible Idea: Kids’ Books
Activities:
- Students research the typical ideas behind kids’ books and decide on which elements they wish to use.
- Students storyboard their ideas and work on creating their story.
- Students create their own book for kids and self-publish their product to be shared with younger learners in their school.
Thinking Time
What will your group do or make to answer your Driving Question? Use the space below to draw some ideas with your group. Remember to download or save your picture for future use!
Need To Knows
Now that you’ve chosen your question, think about your “Need To Knows.” These are the questions that you need answers to in order to help you answer your Driving Question. Follow the steps below to help you create and refine your questions.
