Monster Writing Video Conference

Your students will love this Monster Writing video conference!  You will need to get started now, if you want to share your spooky monsters with another class.  In a nut shell two classes agree to participate.  Each student designs their own monster, and writes a descriptive paragraph or two about their monster.  The descriptive writings are scanned, ponied, mailed, faxed, or hand-delivered to your partner class.  Each student reads the descriptive paragraph and draws the monster based on the details in the writing.  You don't have to be a Picasso to interpret the writing.  The teachers arrange a time to video conference and share their drawings.  It is helpful if you have a document camera, so that they can place their drawing on the document camera instead of holding it up to the camera.  The students give a thumbs up and thumbs down based on the similarities and differences. Students will notice to a trend...the more detailed and descriptive the writing the more accurate the drawing. It is also helpful to have each student share one piece of feedback about the writing.

Click below to access the lesson plans, compliments of Kristen Gilligan.  Use the contact form if you are looking for a 3rd-5th class and I will try to match you up!