Stellar Storyteller

Being a Stellar Storyteller means using your subject to communicate an idea or feeling. It means you take the elements and move them around in an intentional way. This could be arranging the elements of a collage, a poem, or even a mathematical proof.

You use your work to tell a story

You use the elements of your subject to convey a message or a feeling.

Micro Challenge: Secret Story Starters

Use only collage paper. Try to illustrate one of the 4 Secret Story Starters. Then, use the guide to try and decode each other’s work.

You can explain your work

You can clearly and succinctly communicate what you did.

Micro Challenge: The ____ Reporter

Use a real or pretend microphone and say “I’m the ____ (whatever subject you’re in) Reporter, and this is what we did today!” Then summarize it in 1-2 sentences.

You distill the essence

You can condense a big idea into something much smaller by expressing only the most salient elements.

Micro Challenge: 50-Word Mini-Saga

In about 5 minutes, write a story with a beginning, middle and end. Put as much action and surprise as you can. Make sure your story is exactly 50 words!