5-5-10 Creative Writers at Breck
If only Abby Sunshine could have been there to watch those 2nd graders. . .wow, did they think of some clever ideas for their own animal stories.
With a large group book reading, and some small group writing responses, the creative juices were flowing in the lower school at Breck! Based on Abby’s book, A Day with Abby Sunshine, students thought about stories they could write about an animal of their choice, sequencing events that might happen during that animal’s day. There were so many exciting story starters. The kids were filling up idea sheets and thinking hard about what to do.
In another project, they came up with ideas about what to teach Abby Sunshine. I saw responses like teaching Abby to do back flips, or teaching her to run through a tube (like what is in a hamster cage), and even teaching her to talk! These kids were not stopped, they came up with all sorts of scenarios- both fiction and non-fiction.
The afternoon flies when your being creative. . . Do you think time feels like it’s moving slowly? Make up a story! That will surely speed things up. What is your idea for a good book?
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