Fangirl Lesson Plan

Collaborative Fiction, Part 1

Kind of Activity:

Collaborative Writing

Objective:

Students will be able to work in pairs to write an original story, and to reflect on the collaborative writing process

Common Core Standards:

CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.W.11-12.3; CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.W.11-12.5; CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.W.11-12.10

Structure:

In this multi-day lesson, students will work in pairs to write a collaborative story using the same process Cath and Nick use in the novel. Choose a story prompt that is open-ended enough for the writing pairs to freely exercise their creativity.

Preliminary Discussion As a whole class, discuss the details of Nick and Cath’s writing process. Where do they...