Use Elf Yourself to spark up your Collaborative Christmas story!
This is the task:
- Discussion: Why do we have clubs? Why do we join clubs?… based on what you like, interests, what you’re good at, make new friends, follow current friends etc…
- Ask students to use their imagination to write on pieces of paper all the clubs they’d love to join… even clubs that may never have been invented eg:gardening club, space club, chess club, reading club, Hannah Montana club…
- Assign students to ‘random’ groups of three.
- Explain what a three way venn diagram is and show students how they will sort their club ‘papers’ into their group’s venn diagram. The sorting process will provide students with visual information about 3 – 2 – 1 way commonalities.
- Each group is to draw a 3 way venn diagram onto butchers paper and sort their pieces of paper.
- Questions to ask: Does your group have one club that you’re all happy to join? If not, are there two members who have common likes/interests?
- Each group decides on a club that they’re joining.
- Each group shares and explains their club to the rest of the class using the venn diagram to show how they came to that decision.
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Collaborative writing task:
Your ‘club’ is having its yearly Christmas party. Write a collaborative story about your club’s Christmas Party.
Use a story map on Webspiration to plan and order your group’s ideas.
The illustration to go with your story is the ‘Elf Yourself‘ dance.
Guidelines for a collaborative story
- What will your group look and sound like?
- What will your story map look like?
- What are the elements needed for your story to be interesting and entertaining?
Post your story on our class wiki!
