Collaborative writing about MC Escher's Prints

  We are in the process of writing collaborative stories with 4th and 5th graders.  The students are in groups and writing parts of the final story.  They chose the print they wanted to write about and started writing knowing that another 3 groups will edit, add and change the story before they see it again.  I'll upload at least one final story.  This may not be complete until after Break.

This is the story so far without an ending...

One day a man and his kids were on the balcony watching the TV. When they were watching TV bob said “look a spaceship in the water” Emily said “I see it to” their dad said “ I do see it too.” So they went to the backyard to the water when the aliens came out and they were talking funny. They said “blab la bb la la la la la la la la la la la la la l la la”.  Once there was a big mansion with a big balcony that was modified by a famous illustrator. one day my balcony started getting bigger.  2 people were leaving a three-dimensional building popping out to eat. When they left they left the terrace door open. Right at that moment a man was walking by. A man looked up to the sky and when he did he saw that the terrace door was open with a beautiful plant sticking out. The man had an idea he built a jetpack to get up to the terrace. The first jetpack that he built was a flop. The second time he built a super pogo stick but it broke on its first jump. But the third thing he built was perfect he built a robot.  The robot suddenly started to spit fire and bake pies at the same time the robot ran to the balcony and yelled “yummy” really loud. The whole balcony started to shake from the loudness of the yell.  The robot went back inside and put the pies in the oven for extra heat. Aliens came to find the guy building the robot.    

The different colors of words are different editors.  Students were encouraged not to delete someone else's work, but could add more descriptive details.