Sports Contest Story Writing

This book contains one story writing project for grades five to eight based on the first chapter of Gordon Korman's novel This Can't be Happening at Macdonald Hall. Students will write a humorous sports contest plot similar to the author's by adding their own crazy idea into a new sport with their own characters. The teaching method incorporates vivid verbs, “showing”, and sensory imagery into each part of the story to create effective story language in a step by step process.