(Guida per aiutare gli studenti a scrivere una narrativa fantastica)

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Let’s create a story…………

First of all you have to make some decisions concerning: theme, characters, setting, time.

Here are some suggestions:

Themes may be: mystery, supernatural, discovery, legend, horror.

Characters may be: adults, children, strange fantastic creatures, ghosts, animals, goblins, witches.

Setting may be: in a small town, in a big city, in a secret room, in an ancient castle, in a forest, underground, in a chapel.

Time may be: now, in the future, in the past, in a certain season.

Action can go on: for a few hours, for a day, for a week, for years, for a lifetime.

And now: 

idea:…………………………
pictures in the mind……………………….

make a plan with beginning, middle and end, make a rough copy, make another copy improving the first one and then best copy.

Advice: pay attention to the details.

How to communicate your story to the whole class?

Here are some suggestions:
-	Read a section of the story trying to be as expressive and effective as you can.
-	Draw a picture of a relevant event in the story and explain it.
-	All together in your group use reading, noises and actions to show the others what is happening.
-	In your group, get someone to read your story and someone to mime it.
-	Video-record the story with sound effects.
Now think:
Which of these expressive modes will 
1. get your story across best? 
2. entertain your classmates the most?

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