(1 hour 30 minutes)

Prompt : We will play Colossal Cave Adventure and create maps of the world based on our findings. 

Instructions : 

Take 15 minutes to familiarize yourself with the game.  Read the game instructions, try things out, explore a bit.

    Discussion : 10 minutes 

    How do play the game?

    What have you observed so far?

Play the game for another 30 minutes. This time, be sure to write down notes as you go. 

You might find it helpful to start laying out a map during this play session. Consider these questions as you play.

    What does this world look like? 

    How are the rooms connected? Which rooms are connected to which other rooms. 

Time to draw the map! (45 minutes)

    Stop playing the game.

    Refine the map you created while you played before.

    In your new map include drawings and annotations that describe the rooms. 

    You might include specific objects or emotions that defined the play experience.

    The last consideration is the arrangement of the rooms. Because the system is complex and 3-Dimensional, how might you represent it on a 2D plane (your piece of paper). 

    Perhaps you will have the start of the map be in the center of the page, or in the top-right corner.

Twine is a tool for creating interactive narratives and nonlinear stories.

You can find the online editor for Twine here: here

Example Twine Games to play and discuss : 

Temple of No

Vin Diesel Dungeon Master

Heretic Pride

Seedship

Eidolon

You will Select a decision

Writing Prompt:

Imagine you are traveling to the "The school’s eighty-foot brick chimney" come up with reason for the journey, some background, and discuss what you face along the way.  Write a short twine game where the player takes this journey.

http://tracery.io/

Part 1 :  Listen to Episode 49 “Re: The Moon” of the podcast, Imaginary Advice

Create a list of adjectives and nouns.

   Each of these words should be sourced from somewhere in the real world.  

   e.g. Do not make up these words from your head. 

   Instead find them in your recent texts, or an article you read recently.  Open a book in the classroom and choose the first word you find.

Come up with several sentences that fit the following model.

The Moon is a [adjective] [noun]

"The moon is a dark record"

"The moon is a blue church"

"The moon is a haunted inflatable"

"The moon is an Aztec Supermarket"

"The moon is a feline sitcom"

Part 2

Use Tracery to create a sentence generator.  

Your Generator will look like this. 

{
"origin":"The moon is #adj.a# #noun#",
"adj":["blue", "green", "yellow", "herbal", "historical"],
"noun":["kite", "ocean", "pillow","calculator"]
}

Add a collection of nouns and adjectives from previous texts we have read, your own writing, an online word generator, or some other source, as long as the word is not coming from your own imagination.

Generate a collection of these phrases, then pick 3. 

Use these 3 sentences to write a short 3 paragraph story using the chosen sentence as the first sentence of each paragraph.

Brief:

Telescopic Text is an online tool that allows readers to interact with written text non-linearly, by reading the entire story at the beginning, and then zooming in to different aspects as they pique their interest.

Step 1 - [Required to save and publish] Register Here: https://www.telescopictext.org/authors/plug-ins/username/signup.php

Step 2 - Check out the tutorial: https://www.telescopictext.org/resources/how-to-use-the-writing-tools

Step 3 - Create your own text: https://www.telescopictext.org/write/

Activity:

1. We are going to take our stories about place and edit them using Telescopic Text.
2. Start by choosing a sentence to begin with. Remember this doesn't have to be the start of your story.
3. Select a word to expand from. And slowly build out your story.  Feel free to make changes as you go - big or small.

Example:

https://www.telescopictext.org/text/cSLqODElrRWug