Dear Colleague,
Are you a grade 2, 3, 4 or 5 teacher? Do you have good writers in your class? Will they be interested in collaborating with their peers all over the world in writing short stories? If the answer if yes read on. Even if the answer is no read on. Who knows, you might know someone who knows someone who might be interested.
Here’s how it works: one group of four children (or a small group of children) from four schools in four countries collaborate to write one short story. The first child (or group) begins the story. He or she writes only one page. This page is emailed to the child in the next school. That child continues the story by writing another page. This then is emailed to the third child. The third child writes a page and emails it to the last person who then finishes the story. Once the story is complete I put it on the website I created for this purpose. How many story circles can we have? As many as you want.
Is there some fine print? Yes there is. One is that each story must have a character that is representative of the country the child is currently in. The other is that each child has only a week to write his or her part of the story. That’s it. Other than for that anything goes.
Who am I and why am I doing this? My name is Inayath Mohamed. I am the grade 2 homeroom teacher at the International Programs School in al-Khobar, Saudi Arabia. There are three reasons why I’m doing this. The first is that it was done successfully once before. The second is that I have children in my class who are very good writers and it’ll be a shame not to challenge them. Finally, I am a huge social studies buff.
If you are interested in the project and want more information please email me at inayath_mohamed@epals.com
Regards,
Inayath Mohamed
