Usually l let children choose the setting, characters, and the “who, what, where, why, and when” before they begin a creative story. However, this time I decided to try something different—I chose the prewriting “set-up” for the story, but I used a couple of stickers in place of words.
The result was an instant hit! The child writing this story decided immediately that the witch, Susie, was going to be thrown a surprise party by a family of spiders for her 115th birthday. He drafted a story outline (this story is going to be five paragraphs) and he began drafting the first paragraph with gusto! I was so happy to hear him giggling to himself as he began writing the story.
I will share other ways that stickers have helped “jump-start” children’s writings in blogs to come. May you all enjoy reading your children’s creative stories!
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08 October 2008, 2:20 pm
I really liked your idea of placing the sticker instead of the word on the story starter web. I am collecting ideas from other teachers and this is a great idea that I am going to put in my file. I like to hear of more ideas using stickers.