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Literacy Skills• Make imaginative choices about content and presentation of writing.

• Improve writing.

• Independent review and redrafting.

• Select structures to organise writing.

• Using appropriate features effectively.

• Use paragraphs and sections to give coherence to longer pieces of writing.

• Write simple, compound and complex sentences with grammatical accuracy.

Hwb+ Tools• Blogs.

• Wikis.

• Picture and Video libraries.

Length of Project:6 Lessons

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Learning Objective• To use imaginative and exciting language to engage the audience using appropriate

writing structures.

Success Criteria• The group or class produces an engaging story that has multiple outcomes depending on

the choices the reader makes.

Preparation before the project• Review existing ‘interactive storytelling’ resources – i.e. ‘fighting fantasy’ books.

• Trylife.tv.

• http://resources.woodlands-junior.kent.sch.uk/studentssite/pokemon/intro.html.

• Choose Your Own Adventure – http://www.cyoa.com/

• Search online using key terms like ‘gamebooks’, ‘collaborative storytelling’ or ‘interactive fiction’.

• Obtain an example from a fighting fantasy book – these can be previewed on sites like Amazon.

TaskLesson 1• Learners are to work in groups of 4 to 6.

• Each group must propose an outline for their story including the following details: a) Main character(s) b) Location.

• Problem / situation – i.e. What is the story about?

• End goal.

• What the character needs to do to achieve the goal.

• What can stop the character achieving the goal.

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• What happens if the character achieves the goal.

• What happens if the character does not achieve the goal.

• Each group must present their story idea in whichever format they choose (spider diagram,storyboard, verbal description).

Lesson 2• Learners create a mind map or flow chart to plan out the main scenes and decisions in

their story.

Lesson 3• Learners start to write the scenes – they will need to organise who is going to write what

and structure the wiki accordingly.

Lesson 4• Learners develop their stories by reviewing each other’s work. Each group should elect a

leader to co-ordinate overall production of the story.

Lesson 5• Learners refine their stories and add features such as pictures, sound and video to enhance

the immersive experience for their game.

Lesson 6• Learners play each other’s games and write a review using the blog.

• Learners should comment on the following: Describe the main characters and the plot, the aim of the story etc. What features have they used to immerse the reader in the story?

• Give examples of imaginative and descriptive language used.

• Finish with a sentence summarising how well they think the story has achieved its aims and how it could be improved.

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Plenary• List 5 adjectives that can be used to describe the character(s) and the location in your story.

• Pick out the persuasive language you have used when you outlined the decisions yourcharacter has to make.

• Highlight some simple, compound and complex sentences in the writing you havecompleted so far.

• Review each other’s work in your group, concentrating on structure and use of punctuation.

• Review how the extra features you have used fit with the language you have used in your writing.

• Pick out some examples of work and corresponding reviews and discuss to see if classagrees with reviewers opinion.

Resources can be found on Hwb.

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