Something that we are focusing on with Humanities 8 right now is the Story Mountain. The Story Mountain is something that allows all story tellers to tell an engaging and effective story. There must be a beginning, a middle, and an end! Just like a blog post actually.

For todays challenge, grade 8’s will be practicing their storytelling skills. This is a creative task, so I thought I’d try it myself! For my story I decided to use the Story Spine. The story spine is something that Pixar uses to tell their stories.

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In the story spine I have chosen, there are 6 prompts. I won’t be making up this story completely from scratch though. I’m going to use Byrdseed.com and it’s random emoji generator. Wish me luck!

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Once upon a time…👭

There were two girls, Chloe and Zoe. They met in kindergarten and were absolutely inseparable. They went to school together, ate together, played together and did art together. They were SO similar. They also shared a passion for two things: music and animals, especially Emily’s pet chicken.

Every day.. 🐥

They would feed the little chick and make sure it had enough water. They named her Suzie. As Chloe and Zoe grew, so did the little chick. As they got older, they started to find different passions, but always stayed by each others sides. Chloe also loved playing guitar for the little chick. As the chick listened to the guitar chords, it was the only thing that made it feel safe.

One day… 💃

Zoe took a dance class. Not just any dance class, she took a tango class. She absolutely LOVED it. She wore her red dress and began dancing every day. Chloe loved to watch Zoe dance. Not only did she love it, but she was really good at it too. Years past, and one day Zoe registered in a competition and won the whole thing! Of course Chloe was there by her side, but as Zoe shined in her glory, Chloe got left behind in the crowd of fans.

because of that.. 🐩

Chloe left the theatre. She was feeling forgotten and knew that Zoe was going to make it big. She went home to her poodle Scruffy and sat alone. A few days passed, and there was no word from Zoe.

because of that.. 🎸

Chloe got very upset. She was sitting at home when all of the sudden she heard a knock on the door. It was Zoe and in her hands was a guitar case. She had an idea. She knew that Chloe loved guitar, and she loved dancing, but she did not want to do anything anymore without Chloe. She showed Chloe some sheet music of what she was dancing too, Chloe played it right away! As Chloe played, Zoe danced.

Until Finally… 🚉

Chloe and Zoe decided to become a dynamic duo! Chloe continued to practice her classical Spanish guitar skills and Zoe would dance to her guitar! They knew they made it big when they bought tickets to the big city! They hopped on the train, Zoe with her dancing shoes, and Chloe with her guitar. They continued to travel around the country performing for all sorts of audiences, finally winning the World Tango Championships!

THE END! 

The emoji generator was pretty fun! That is also the most random story I have ever written, and I may not have chosen those emojis, but it was interesting to see where my mind went!

I tried not to keep each part too short or too long, but I made sure to include a bit of a conflict in the story. The best stories always have to have some sort of struggle. Thank goodness Chloe and Zoe end up together again  !

 

 

Give it a try for yourself!