Story Writing Challenge

The idea of this news-writing exercise is to have the students learn how a story can be written in different ways to reach the final product.

There are two pages of voice-over track options, and one page of sound bites. They are arranged intentionally in a random way. The students can take scissors and cut each VO and each SOT into its own strip, and then arrange them into a cohesive news story.

They can start with a VO or a SOT, and they can end with ether they choose. They should have at least four VOs and three SOTs for this exercise. They can then glue their story onto a poster board, or can just tape them together in the order they choose.

Have the students then read their story to the rest of the class, to see how each team's interpretation came out different, while still telling the story of the team and community overcoming the loss of their coach.