I have had an illustrated serial on my whiteboard, one that changes daily, featuring Willie the Walrus( 7th grade boy author) and Frankito the Tomato (8th grade girl) as they "protect" our room from invaders. It is quite good and best of all, it is interactive and totally student driven. Both characters offer lots of opportunities for writing as Willie asks things like, " What do you think Willie wants for Christmas? or Frankito queries the group to submit good story lines! This is with no prompting from me! It is awesome I just wish I had kept them on chart paper as they get erased and replaced each day. How can I use this but still keep my hands out of it? I believe it has so much potential. (By the way, it is so awesome to see this rather quiet boy come out of his shell and experience positive peer interaction through this venue...He and the young lady are a talented duo. She is the kind of student everyone should have ,...hard worker, bright, kind and truly a leader...
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