After reading
The Chocolate Touch, students wrote their own Chocolate
Touch stories. While at the computer lab, students typed their
stories using Microsoft Word and drew pictures to go with their
stories, using Paint. After the stories were typed, I printed
two copies. One with their names and one with names removed and
a random number given instead. The copies with numbers were used
for a class Read Around. All table groups read the stories,
except those from their own table, and discussed what they liked
about each of the stories. The favorite story in each group was
recorded on the Read Around Form.
After the
Read Around, each group told me their favorite story and the
reason why it was the best. I recorded the responses on the
following matrix.
Dante's story
was #55, was chosen as the best. All the students were very
excited, once they found out their numbers, to see their numbers
on the matrix. Here's Dante's story.
The Chocolate
Touch
By Dante
One day
there was a boy named Dante. He loved chocolate. He barely ate
any of his meals. The next day he went around the block and
found a chocolate factory. He went inside the factory. He found
all kinds of chocolates. He bought a long box of chocolates. We
went up to the store keeper and said, "I'll buy this box." He
ran home, closed the door, threw off the covers, and took out a
chocolate. He was sad because he only got one piece, but he
still ate it. When it was night he went to bed. The next morning
he woke up and brushed his teeth. He put the toothbrush in his
mouth and it immediately turned to chocolate. He went downstairs
for breakfast. He drank his milk and it immediately turned to
chocolate. His eggs turned to chocolate too. At school, he took
out his sandwich and took a bite. It immediately turned to
chocolate. His throat was so dry that he went to get a cold
drink of water. He took a drink and it immediately turned to
chocolate. He tried another drinking fountain, but the water
turned to chocolate. When the bell rang, he ran around the block
and the chocolate factory was gone. It had a sign that said,
"For Sale". He went home crying. His mother asked what was
wrong. He kissed his mother and she immediately turned to
chocolate. He ran out of the house and around the block. The
factory was there. He ran inside and said to the store keeper,
"I want my Mom back!" "Calm down," said the store keeper. "Go
home and it will be fine," he told the boy. Dante ran out the
door without saying thank you. He opened up the front door and
his Mom was there. He asked his Mom if he could go outside for a
minute. He went around the block and there was a different sign
that said, "Sold".
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David's Paint artwork
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Stephanie's Paint artwork
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