Helping Students Create Fan Fiction

Introduction

Putting it all together, you can use instructional conversation to help pairs of students create their own Fan Fiction. This assignment allows students to come up with a book of their choice and to collaborate on a piece of Fan Fiction using Google Docs. Ideas for collaborative pieces might include going beyond the time line of the story, creating a prequel, creating a new character, writing an alternate ending, etc. The possibilities, as exhibited by both the articles and the Fan Fiction pieces themselves, are endless.

Prior to writing the piece, they could use an online discussion board platform like BlackBoard or Moodle to discuss the text they are using. In this format, you can use IC to help them think deeply and critically about their book. Once they have moved on to the writing process, using Google Docs will allow them to both work on the same document without having to email it back and forth. It also allows you to view the piece and make comments and suggestions based on IC principles. Once it is finished, they could submit it to a Fan Fiction website and become part of the greater Fan Fiction community.

Instructional Objectives

• Identify opportunities to use Instructional Conversation in the discussion of literature
• Identify opportunities to use Instructional Conversation in the writing process
• Generate opportunities for students to interact with literary texts in a collaborative environment
• Generate an instructional outline for the unit

Prerequisite Skills

• Knowledge of Instructional Conversation practices
• Knowledge of Fan Fiction
• Knowledge of Google Docs

Learning Activities

Activity 1: Reflect on what you have learned about Instructional Conversation and Fan Fiction

Using this form in Google Docs, please reflect on this unit of instruction

Activity 2: Construct a basic outline for the unit

Using the template provided in Google Docs, here, create a basic outline for the unit

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