Campfires and "Spooky" Stories

In capitalizing on the time of year, and specifically Halloween, our class embraced the possibly distraction of the holiday and instead incorporated into the motivating factors of our learning. For the past two weeks students have been writing a "spooky" or "mysterious" story, focusing on the elements associated with those. Adding detailed adjectives into their story, peer editing and then printing, students were ready to celebrate their work. Sitting around various "camp fires" in class, students read their stories in the manner they were developed.