To begin today’s Story Workshop lesson, the lovely Ms. Field ask the class where do stories come from? There were various answers that came from the young authors, this included:
- “our hearts, and how we feel”
- “all around us”
- “from what we see”
- “our parents”
- “from the library”
- “from ourselves”
Anywhere else that you think stories can come from? What generates a good story?
As the students were creating and developing their stories today, I asked students what they like most about Story Workshop:
- “I like it because we get to build what we want to tell”
- “I like that we can use different materials”
- “I like how you can use your imagination”
- “I like how there is life in the story without you having to touch it”
- “EVERYTHING! because we make our stories”
- “we get to play and explore and be an author”
- “I like it because it is very fun and we make our own stories”
- “I like it but my brain gets tired because my brain is thinking so hard about a whole story. I can think of lots of different things, but putting it all together can sometimes be tricky.”