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…intelligently conceived and written to be a powerful tool for teachers and anyone interested in writing a great story. — Divine Zape
…a highly engaging read which offers interesting and accessible creative writing challenges for budding writers. — K.C. Finn
Outside the Box is a brilliant approach to teaching students how to be creative with sci-fi and fantasy — Foluso Falaye
35 new unfinished story prompts from award-winning author Taylor Sapp.
- A smartphone with an amazing new feature. What is it?
- A sleep demon that punishes students who fall asleep in class
- A world where everyone interacts through virtual reality, never actually leaving home
- Bio-engineered babies have become the norm and this couple just won a free psychic baby!
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Description
Outside the Box is the latest Stories Without End book, a collection of science-fiction and fantasy stories for students without endings, leaving students to write their own, drawing on their own creativity. Even the most reluctant writer will find themselves sucked in with this deceptively simple method of getting students to write! This highly flexible, unfinished story model is perfect for teaching reading, creative writing, and discussion. It’s easy to use as a one-time treat or integrate into a larger creative writing unit.
Why science-fiction and fantasy? These genres allow us to grapple with topical and important issues but indirectly and imaginatively. Science fiction shows us places we may go, while fantasy shows us the places we wish we could! Readers grapple with ideas they may have never considered before.
In addition to the short story prompts, Part II of the book includes unfinished stories paired with finished stories. Students can treat the longer finished stories as models for their own endings, or use them as stories in their own right.
Features of the Book
- 20 short unfinished science-fiction and fantasy stories for students.
- 15 additional paired stories: 1 unfinished and 1 completed.
- Questions and vocabulary activities to introduce the story, discussion questions, and a variety of creative projects.
- Longer stories include comprehension questions and writing questions, discussion questions, and creative projects.
- An appendix of 15 supplemental worksheets to extend the lesson. Activities include writing a summary, rewriting the story, creating a fantasy world, and evaluating genre elements in a story.
Engage students and get them reading and writing with these creative and innovative unfinished science-fiction and fantasy stories for students.
Download a sample with 3 stories here.
Additional information
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| ISBN | 978-1-948492-78-2 |
| Publication Date | 29 Sept 2020 |
| Size | 7.04 MB |
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Free Resources
Some blog posts we’ve written about Stories Without End, Taylor’s first book. These posts apply to Outside the Box as well or any unfinished story prompt:
Raves and Reviews
“Overall, I found the stories in the book fun to work through and would recommend the book to someone who likes to write YA or who is trying to give some creative direction and fun to their student’s writing assignments.” — Livey Hall, Amazon Reviewer
“Love it. Just the right mix between the short story & sci-fi….The mundane and the esoteric meet to encourage our students to read. Written in simple yet appealing language encourages readers to surf through the pages to get to the end.” — Rania Jabr, English language instructor, American University in Cairo
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