Students work collaboratively to write a descriptive story from randomly-generated emojis. This is a team writing exercise intended for students to add details to their writing.
Preparation
1. Decide if you will provide the emojis that you have randomly generated from the site (as in Sample Story Prompts) or if you will have students in teams generate the emojis. If you do the former, copy and paste the emojis into word-processing files and print out. If you decide to do the latter, be prepared to show students how to use Microsoft Snipping Tool or to do a screenshot and copy, paste, and crop the emojis.
2. Practice with the site.
3. Make sure that the site is not blocked at your school if you will have the teams do the random generation of emojis using the site.
4. Plan and execute a lesson on how to make writing more descriptive, a grammar lesson that you intend to connect to the activity or parts of speech lesson.
Teacher Tips
Teams could also work together to generate the emoji and then copy them into a word-processing or slideshow file. Teams could be required to use a specific verb tense that has been studied (such as simple present or simple past) or a certain number of parts of speech, if taught (such as 5 nouns, 3 adjectives, and 2 adverbs).
Model descriptive writing before group work
Set clear teamwork expectations
Encourage creativity without worrying about “perfect” answers
Use timers to maintain pacing
Celebrate humor and originality
More Ways
Teachers can project the random emoji generator and reveal one emoji at a time while individual students, pairs, or teams create a story together. Each new emoji should add a new event, detail, or twist to the story. This same activity can also be used for impromptu storytelling practice.g.
Program Areas
ABE: Adult Basic Education
ASE: High School Equivalency Preparation
Levels
All Levels
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Warm-up
Engagement
Activity: Emoji Predictions
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Students discuss:
What story could these emojis tell?
Who might the characters be?
What problem could happen?
Quick Whole-Class Story As a class, students create:
One opening sentence
One setting description
One conflict
Teacher models adding descriptive details.
Introduction
Engagement Enhancement
Introduce the activity:
Students will generate random emojis
Teams will create stories based on the emoji sequence
Stories will grow through collaboration and revision
Teacher explains:
Good writing includes details
Writers revise and expand ideas
Teamwork improves writing quality
Vocabulary Preview Word Meaning Narrative A story Descriptive Full of details Character A person or figure in a story Setting Where a story happens Revise Improve writing
CCR Anchor 3 - Write narratives to develop real or imagined experiences or events using effective technique, well-chosen details and well-structured event sequences.
CCR Anchor 4 - Produce clear and coherent writing in which the development, organization, and style are appropriate to task, purpose, and audience.
CCR Anchor 5 - Develop and strengthen writing as needed by planning, revising, editing, rewriting, or trying a new approach.
Speaking and Listening
CCR Anchor 1 - Prepare for and participate effectively in a range of conversations and collaborations with diverse partners, building on others’ ideas and expressing their own clearly and persuasively.
CCR Anchor 6 - Adapt speech to a variety of contexts and communicative tasks, demonstrating command of formal English when indicated or appropriate.
Language
CCR Anchor 1 - Demonstrate command of the conventions of English grammar and usage when writing or speaking.
CCR Anchor 2 - Demonstrate command of the conventions of English capitalization, punctuation, and spelling when writing.
CCR Anchor 3 - Apply knowledge of language to understand how language functions in different contexts, to make effective choices for meaning or style, and to comprehend more fully when reading or listening.
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