Creative Writing #7: Use YouTube stories to inspire your class to write...

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">There are many ways to get your class to write stories. This idea is to use YouTube videos to inspire writing. You could use these in different ways such as:</span><br /><br /><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Talk about the structure of a story in terms that your age group understands</span></li><li><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Show a video and then discuss the structure of the story or </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">analyse the stages of a story</span></li><li><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Watch the story and ask your class to rewrite it and change it. </span></li></ul><br /><div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;"><b>1. Owl Stories by Martin Waddell</b></span><br /><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sJe0WupukAw">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sJe0WupukAw</a><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/sJe0WupukAw" width="420"></iframe></span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;"><b>2. Handa’s Surprise by Eileene Browne</b></span><br /><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XyIV_xYi0as">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XyIV_xYi0as</a><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/XyIV_xYi0as" width="420"></iframe></span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;"><b>3. Handa’s Hen by Eileen Browne</b></span><br /><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XyIV_xYi0as">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XyIV_xYi0as</a><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/-9FZqX1CBqE" width="420"></iframe><br /></span><br /><strong><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span></strong><span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large; font-weight: bold;">An example of how to use these videos</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Let's make a start by watching </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">‘<b>Owl Stories</b>’ by Martin Waddell and then let's analyse it. Let’s see how a problem was brought in and resolved to make this beautiful story so appealing. I’ll use the following story structure idea, namely the idea of asking '<i>What If</i>' and to keep asking '<i>What if</i>?' until a plot emerges. </span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><u>What if question</u>? 'What if the mother of new baby owls didn't come back from hunting for food?'  Keep asking related 'What if' questions and slowly a plot emerges as follows</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">1. <i>Beginning</i>: The babies are in their nest<br />2. <i>Middle</i>. A problem is introduced <br />    a) Mother Owl doesn’t come back.<br />    b) The baby owls start searching in the dark woods<br />    c) They discuss where they think Mommy could be<br />3. <i>The end</i>: The problem is resolved – Mommy comes back and finds them.  </span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;"><b>A task</b></span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Why not take one of the other stories and see if you can analyse them to see if there was a problem or conflict introduced and resolved and how it impacted the story</span></div></div>

30 Days of Writing Creative Writing #7: Use YouTube stories to inspire your class to write...

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