This school year, I plan to have high school seniors write a full-length novel as a project-based learning assignment. Since I've never tried this before, I anticipate many challenges.
What's most challenging, I anticipate, will be getting students to consistently imagine, to get them to make up stuff for their story. So, I might have them write a novelization of a movie they've seen or have them write separate short stories that are related, like a series. They can have a main character proceed through each of their stories.
There are several ways to help students write a full-length novel throughout the school year, and have them publish it on Amazon.com.
I'll reflect on these ways, here in this blog.
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