Hwb
Zombie Night
KS3
Literacy
Literacy Skills
• Make imaginative choices about content and presentation of writing.
• Improve writing.
• Independent review and redrafting.
• Select structures to organise writing.
• Using appropriate features effectively.
• Use paragraphs and sections to give coherence to longer pieces of writing.
• Write simple, compound and complex sentences with grammatical accuracy.
Hwb+ Tools
• Blogs.
• Wikis.
• Picture and Video libraries.
Length of Project:
6 Lessons
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Learning Objective
• To use imaginative and exciting language to engage the audience using appropriate
writing structures.
Success Criteria
• The group or class produces an engaging story that has multiple outcomes depending on
the choices the reader makes.
Preparation before the project
• Review existing ‘interactive storytelling’ resources – i.e. ‘fighting fantasy’ books.
• Trylife.tv.
• http://resources.woodlands-junior.kent.sch.uk/studentssite/pokemon/intro.html.
• Choose Your Own Adventure – http://www.cyoa.com/
• Search online using key terms like ‘gamebooks’, ‘collaborative storytelling’ or ‘interactive fiction’.
• Obtain an example from a fighting fantasy book – these can be previewed on sites like Amazon.
Task
Lesson 1
• Learners are to work in groups of 4 to 6.
• Each group must propose an outline for their story including the following details:
a) Main character(s) b) Location.
• Problem / situation – i.e. What is the story about?
• End goal.
• What the character needs to do to achieve the goal.
• What can stop the character achieving the goal.
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• What happens if the character achieves the goal.
• What happens if the character does not achieve the goal.
• Each group must present their story idea in whichever format they choose (spider diagram,
storyboard, verbal description).
Lesson 2
• Learners create a mind map or flow chart to plan out the main scenes and decisions in
their story.
Lesson 3
• Learners start to write the scenes – they will need to organise who is going to write what
and structure the wiki accordingly.
Lesson 4
• Learners develop their stories by reviewing each other’s work. Each group should elect a
leader to co-ordinate overall production of the story.
Lesson 5
• Learners refine their stories and add features such as pictures, sound and video to enhance
the immersive experience for their game.
Lesson 6
• Learners play each other’s games and write a review using the blog.
• Learners should comment on the following: Describe the main characters and the plot,
the aim of the story etc. What features have they used to immerse the reader in the story?
• Give examples of imaginative and descriptive language used.
• Finish with a sentence summarising how well they think the story has achieved its aims
and how it could be improved.
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Plenary
• List 5 adjectives that can be used to describe the character(s) and the location in your story.
• Pick out the persuasive language you have used when you outlined the decisions your
character has to make.
• Highlight some simple, compound and complex sentences in the writing you have
completed so far.
• Review each other’s work in your group, concentrating on structure and use of punctuation.
• Review how the extra features you have used fit with the language you have used in
your writing.
• Pick out some examples of work and corresponding reviews and discuss to see if class
agrees with reviewers opinion.
Resources can be found on Hwb.
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Date modified: April 2014
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