<Enter Title>PAPER BAG STORY CHALLENGE

AuthorsLINDA PATERSON

To encourage creativity and enterprise within a literacy frameworkObjectives

MICROSOFT POWERPOINTSoftware

DescriptionThe challenge is to write a very short story using all the items found in the

bag. Story will be written down and team will be asked to tell it to a judge

who will pick a ‘Winning Story’. This will be put on to a computer and

made into a mini slideshow. Story can be put in ‘Story Corner’ for future

reading.

Learning AreasLITERACY/ENTERPRISE SKILLS

LevelsP1 (but can be adapted for any stage)

LITERACY AND CREATIVITYKeywords

Project Overview

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Teacher Planning and Management

Background and Planning

Classroom Setup

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Teaching Resources

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Student Project Overview: P1 STORY CHALLENGE

Example of Graphics used: GRAPHICS

Example of slideshow: BARNEY’S BIRTHDAY

Example of Badges: STORY BADGES (optional activity)

Example of Certificate: CERTIFICATE

Documents P1 STORY CHALLENGE

CERTIFICATEGRAPHICS STORY BADGESBARNEY'S BIRTHDAY

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Assessment and Standards

No official assessment was part of this challenge although the winning story could be deemed to have been assessed.

Pupils could do this activity on more than one occasion thereby allowing the teacher to monitor/assess any progress made.

Progression could be monitored through the complexity of the challenge – ie more difficult objects to link; photographs to be used to create a story, etc.

<Enter Title>PAPER BAG STORY CHALLENGE

Created by:

LINDA J PATERSON

ENTERPRISE IN EDUCATION DEVELOPMENT OFFICER

DtS BASE

HILLHEAD PRIMARY

2 KILMAURS ROAD

KILMARNOCK

KA3 1QJ