Urban Legends

Today, we continued story telling, however this time with a bit of  a twist. We shared stories called Urban Legends. Stories that seem true, but in fact are not. I was able to tell a few of my favourites like, the "bunny next door" and the "scuba diver caught in a tree."

We then did a "four corners" exercise to see what kind of writer you think you are. It was also a tool for me to see how writing is for you. I very much enjoyed your engaging slogans and metaphors.

 Finally, it was your chance to write. We used a blogspot as a source of examples and in pairs we sat down to write an urban legend. The guidelines you were given of how to write a short story based on a legend were:

1. You can rely on as little or as much material in the urban legend given to you as you like.
2. You can change any detail and add any detail to make it a better story.
3. You can choose to make the ending positive or funny but it must aim to make the readers scared.
4. You can make one up.

You will have time to work on these tomorrow. For those of you away, check out the link above to read a few urban legends.