A couple years ago I made a poster for my classroom wall. It shows the major elements of fiction, such as a plot diagram, and definitions for theme, conflict, etc.
Last week I decided it was outdated and could be improved. Plus, I had two extremely bright students itching for a creative outlet. I couldn’t just tell them, “Go blog, why don’t you?” and so I invited them to redesign the poster.
Today, as they were working, I overheard this conversation with a third student:
“Who made the old one?”
“Mr. Jacobs.”
“Mr. Jacobs? He couldn’t have. He can’t write that neatly.”