Writing partners naturally imagine creative adventures! This colorful storyboard sends plots, characters, and settings in new directions.
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<STRONG>Choose story triggers</STRONG>. Embark on a story-writing adventure in which you add exciting twists and turns. With your classmates, brainstorm 12 (or as many as you wish) challenging story triggers that keep a plot moving. Some examples: Change the setting, enter a different time period, develop a character's personality, or add an animal to the plot.
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<STRONG>Make a storyboard</STRONG>. With your classmates, write the title of your creative writing expedition on posterboard with Crayola® Gel Markers. Measure a grid of boxes in rows and columns. Attach hook and loop fastener tape to the back of each mini journal and in each box on your grid. Attach a notebook and write a story trigger in each box. Add unique, colorful borders around the edges.
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<STRONG>Start your stories.</STRONG> Pair up with another writer and begin a story in your mini journal. Write with Crayola Erasable Colored Pencils so you can make corrections easily.
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<STRONG>Pick a trigger</STRONG>. Each day, writing partners choose a different journal, read the story that has been started, and then add a new twist based on the story trigger on the grid. Switch colored pencils with each chapter. After adding a new adventure, place the mini journal in a different box. The next pair of writers generates new excitement tomorrow.
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