I recently found The Art of Storytelling, a set of videos and exercises designed by Pixar in a Box through Kahn Academy. My students who were lulled to sleep by the many lessons on paragraphing and editing conventions were awakened by these concise, quick, structured activities. I incorporated the videos and activities into a Google Slide that the students can reference as many times as they want through Classroom. One of my students, who normally avoids anything to do with the written word, asked if he could work on his idea over the Thanksgiving break. The project is designed for those wishing to make films but who knows, maybe the next film artist is in my class.
