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Work independently to develop elements of a creative work.
Collaborate to create story ideas.
Listen and comment respectfully on each other’s work.

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An index card
Pen or pencil
Notebook paper

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Read through and familiarize yourself with the entire activity.

Write on the board a fictional person, place, and thing. For example:

Person: Greg, the fisherman
Place: A private airplane
Thing: A cheeseball

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Tell students that they will work in groups to create story ideas from nothing more than a person, place, and thing.
Show students the sample person, place, and thing on the board. Ask students to quickly come up with story ideas based on this person, place, and thing. Invite volunteers to share their ideas.
Give each student an index card. Then, have students count off by 3s.
Instruct students with the number 1 to write the basic idea of a person on their index card (such as Maria the doctor or Aiden the baseball player). Students with the number 2 should write a place (such as a home or a park). Students with the number 3 should write a thing (such as a cell phone or a paper clip). Clarify to students that the people, places, and things can be as ordinary or unusual as they like.
When students are done, form them into groups. Each group should contain 1 student with each number so that each group has a person, a place, and a thing. (If necessary, 1 or 2 groups may have an extra student and person or place.)
Instruct students to develop a basic story idea that combines all the elements on their index cards. Explain that these elements might seem like a strange combination, but this is okay.
Allow students to discuss and record their idea for a few minutes, then call time.
Have students form new groups, again containing one student representing each number. Have the new groups come up with and record new story ideas. You may wish to have students keep forming new groups for as long as time permits.
Reconvene as a whole group and ask students to share an interesting or unusual story idea that one of their groups developed. Prompt students to discuss how they came up with their ideas and what they liked about each other’s work.
To wrap up, ask students what they learned from this activity. Ask:
- Was it easy or difficult to use all three story elements? Why?
- Were you surprised at how other groups used the elements differently? What surprised you about their ideas?
- Do you think you can use 1 of the ideas you recorded or heard as part of a longer story? How do you think you can change or build on the original idea?

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To make the activity more challenging, have students create new cards partway through the activity.

Have students remain in their groups and write their stories, rather than just sketching out ideas.

Have students write their stories in different formats, such as a graphic novel or a scene from a play or movie.

Encourage students to write in a specific genre, such as historical fiction or science fiction.

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People, Places, and Things (Grades 6-8)

People, Places, and Things (Grades 6-8)

People, Places, and Things (Grades 6-8)

Overview