The student wrote a fantasy story called "The Witches' War" and reflected on their experience drafting, revising, and adapting it into a digital movie. They enjoyed creating the setting but struggled with plot development. Feedback from writing workshops helped improve their storytelling skills. While working collaboratively, the student learned the benefits and challenges of group work but felt their group became stronger at cooperation. Overall, the experience sparked continued interest in creative writing.

1. Story-telling Reflection
My Story is called “ The Witches’ War”
The Planning Phase:
I chose to write a fantasy genre because
The most interesting thing about my main character is…
I enjoyed/didn’t enjoy creating the setting because…
While making my plot diagram, I found it difficult to…
My best idea during planning was…
While planning this story I learned…
The Drafting Phase:
It was enjoyable/difficult to write my story because…
I am proud of my story because…
During the Writing Workshops, I became better at…
If I wrote it again, I would improve my story by…
The Digital Phase:
I am proud of my movie because…
I found it easy/difficult to create the storyboard because…
My role was to be the script writer/illustrator/soundtrack engineer.I worked
especially hard at…
The thing I am most happy with is…
While making the movie, I learned many new technology skills in iMovie. I became much
better at…
If I made the movie again, I would try to…
Collaboration:
Sometimes, I enjoyed group work because…
Other times, I didn’t enjoy group work because…
While working in a group, I learned…
During the unit, our group became better at…
What else?
During this story-telling unit I especially enjoyed…
After this unit, I might continue to…