Week 3.2 The week ahead

This week is ‘crunch’ week where we get to the nitty gritty of writing our stories. I’ll be putting up a number of posts that will hopefully provide inspiration revolving around how to write a story:
*Types of stories
*Different ways of getting inspiration for writing
*Story starter ideas
*Different ideas about story structure
*The elements of a story
*A rubric to show what we are looking for
etc.
 
Learning outcomes

• What the African Storybook team are looking for in a story - length, reading level ideas etc.
• Finding inspiration for a story
• Structuring your story
• Write a story offline in rough!

This week's webinar

Date: Thursday 7th August
Meeting Name: It's time to write our stories
Summary: This webinar looks at the task of writing a story for the African Storybook Project. We will look at the different parts of story writing such as audience finding inspiration, getting started, story structures, elements of a story, rubric for the African Storybook story contributions, and more...
Start Time: 3:15 PM – 3:45 PM
Duration: 30 minutes
To join the meeting http://meet78641452.adobeconnect.com/story/
Time zone: GMT+2

This week's Learning Outcomes

• What the African Storybook team are looking for in a story - length, reading level ideas etc.
• Find inspiration for writing a story
• Find out about methods of writing stories
• ·Find out how to add a suitable story structure to a story

This week's tasks

• Write  a Level 1 or Level 2 story (offline and in rough!) suitable for a young reader using a method that appeals to you. The webinar will clarify this issue.
• Reflect on your writing