Hey guys, it's John from Cool English and I wanted to share a new activity I am still working on that my students really enjoy. I call it Create a Netflix show, and I tell the students they need to think of a story for the next big Netflix series so that they can be successful Hollywood writers. Then I give them a series of prompts to help them, of course, you can adapt this in many ways. I normally have them write but you can make it a speaking activity, you can also tell them just to write a story with no mention of a TV show, it’s up to you.
There are four different activities, story generator, first line, story titles, and picture stories. I normally do one or two in class and assign the others as homework. I like to click through the options quickly until the students say stop so it's random, then I tell them they can change one of the options if they want. If you prefer you can just click through the options slowly and let the students choose.
STORY GENERATOR – 3 categories to scroll through, character, setting, and conflict. This is a great scaffold for the less creative to start the story.
FIRST LINE OF THE STORY – just one category here but having the first line and asking them to continue the story is a great way to get them started.
STORY TITLES – 2 categories, adjectives, and nouns. Click through the options until you reach an interesting combination for a title. Use it to create a story idea.
PICTURE STORIES – scroll through the pictures and ask the students to use one as a visual poster to create a cool story.
I include a 2-minute writing timer for students who are doing test prep but many times I don’t use it and just let them write at their speed.
I hope you enjoy this new activity and please let me know if you have any suggestions to improve it.
John
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