Exploring story basics with Deborah Abela (and Oliver Phommavanh)

In the second part of the video conference, two weeks after the first session, Deborah Abela joined by Oliver Phommavanh, discusses student’s writing from tasks set in Session 1, and revisits and further discusses ideas of story telling basics, including the ‘basic ingredients’ of characters and plot.

For more specifics watch Session 2. (Note that the recording is of low quality being a classroom-based network video conference between three schools, and is 41 minutes in duration).

After viewing (if you have chosen to view the video with the class): Discuss some responses from students shown in the video. Draw attention to the use of effective and precise language in dialogue.

Creating a class wiki and book trailer

Develop a class wiki of Grimsdon short stories and podcast these linking the audio files to the wiki.

Students will: Use their book cover illustrations and elements of their narratives to create a book trailer.