A recipe is a
collection of ingredients that you collect together in a particular order and
certain amounts in order to create a story. You can create a recipe story by
combining random objects, different numbers of characters, and a variety of
settings. The story you write comes from how you imagine these objects working
together.
Today’s class will
take that premise of the recipe story and add a twist: you will be given a
random assortment of flashcards, each containing a letter or word. You will
combine these together into a story of your design. For example, if you are
given the letter “t,” perhaps that will make you think of the word “tulips,”
which you can add to your recipes. You may think of the letters as a wild card
where you can introduce your own additional creative elements.
What’s the twist, you
ask?
The flash cards are
all in sign language. This shouldn’t affect your story-writing, but when you
share your story in the circle, every time you mention the word from your
recipe, you should give the sign for it. (You can sign the letter “t” for
“tulip,” for example). Since we don’t all know sign language, and it would take
too long to look up and translate an entire story, this is a good way of giving
us practice in telling a story using sign language.
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This creative writing prompt was inspired by a class visit from Adam Pottle. Thanks for everything you do, friend!
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