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Grades 9–12
5-7 Sessions: 45 -60 Minutes each
Fantasy/SciFi, Narrative
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Once Upon a Time in a City Called…

by Jeff Carver, New Harmony High, New Orleans & Kyley Pulphus, 826 New Orleans
1. Defining Dystopia Through Love and Threats
2. Building the New World
3. Building Character
4. Writing
5. Love Notes
Young writers imagine a world that has lost their home city due to various threats: environmental, cultural, and supernatural.
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Love Notes

Writers rely on each other’s feedback to help make their own stories better.
What Your Students Will Learn

Students will understand that constructive feedback makes them stronger as writers.

What Your Students Will Produce

Students will peer edit classmate’s writing, analyzing for strengths and weaknesses.

What You Will Need

  • Small paper bags (or if doing digitally, a Google doc with space for each student)
  • Sticky notes in two colors, for each student to give each of their classmates (if using Google doc, indicate different font colors)
  • Chartpak or central location for writing class norms

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