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Launch
Students will launch the narrative and visual storytelling project by exploring turning points, studying mentor-text craft, gathering first feedback from peers and community voices, and producing early portfolio artifacts that set up later research, drafting, revision, and symbolic design work.
Days 1 - 8
🌱 Story Seeds Studio
Launch 50m
📖 Fish in a Tree Craft Hunt
Knowledge/Skill Building 50m
🎨 Voices and Visions Share Circle
Community Experience 50m
🗣️ Dialogue and Sensory Scene Lab
Knowledge/Skill Building 50m
✍️ Turning Point Snapshot Draft
Project Work 50m
🔁 Revision Relay Feedback Round
Deliverable 50m
🧩 Piñata Symbol Sketches
Project Work 50m
🎙️ Portfolio Note and Audio Checkpoint
Assessment 50m
Research & Empathy
Students will gather and analyze feedback from peers, adults, and community partners to understand what makes a personal turning-point story meaningful to readers and listeners. They will practice close reading of mentor texts, conduct interviews and story circles, sort evidence into patterns, and create an empathy artifact that captures audience needs, emotions, and memorable craft moves before moving into defining a focused narrative direction.
Days 9 - 21
🧭 Story Audience Assumptions Sort
Launch 40m
📘 Fish in a Tree Craft Notes
Knowledge/Skill Building 50m
🎙️ Story Circle Listening Notes
Community Experience 50m
📝 Interview Questions for Turning Points
Knowledge/Skill Building 45m
👥 Partner Interviews on Memorable Writing
Research 50m
🎨 Vision Board Symbol Hunt
Knowledge/Skill Building 50m
🌎 Community Writer Interview Notes
Community Experience 50m
🗂️ Empathy Map Evidence Board
Project Work 50m
✍️ Turning Point Scene Quickwrite
Project Work 45m
💬 Two-Peer Scene Feedback Round
Deliverable 50m
🔁 Conference Revision with Evidence
Project Work 45m
📌 Empathy Artifact and Story Focus
Deliverable 60m
🎧 Portfolio Note and Audio Checkpoint
Assessment 40m
Define & Frame
Students will turn interview notes, story-circle evidence, and mentor-text analysis into a focused narrative design brief for a personal turning-point story. They will define audience-centered criteria for what makes a meaningful narrative, test their assumptions against Fish in a Tree and other mentor texts, frame a clear How Might We statement, and produce a first narrative direction with revision based on peer, teacher, and community feedback.
Days 22 - 34
50 min over capacity (650 min available across 13 days)
🧭 Story Evidence Sort
Launch 50m
📘 Fish in a Tree Annotations
Knowledge/Skill Building 100m
🧩 Turning Point Craft Lesson
Knowledge/Skill Building 50m
📝 How Might We Frame
Research 50m
🎯 Narrative Design Brief Checkpoint
Deliverable 50m
🎨 Symbolism with the Art Teacher
Knowledge/Skill Building 50m
🗂️ Mentor Moves to Story Plan
Project Work 100m
🤝 Design Brief Peer Tuning
Project Work 50m
🗣️ Community Mini-Gallery Feedback
Community Experience 50m
🔁 Brief and Symbol Revision
Deliverable 50m
✅ Framing Conference Gate
Assessment 50m
🎙️ Portfolio Note and Audio Reflection
Assessment 50m
Generate Narrative Concepts
Students will generate several possible directions for a personal narrative about a turning point, test those options against audience needs and mentor-text craft, and select one concept to carry into drafting. Across the phase, they will sketch alternative structures, tones, and symbols; gather peer and community feedback; and document why one narrative path is the strongest fit for meaning, clarity, and audience impact.
Days 35 - 47
🎯 Turning Point Options Sprint
Launch 50m
📘 Fish in a Tree Craft Map
Knowledge/Skill Building 50m
🧭 Perspective and Structure Remix
Knowledge/Skill Building 50m
🎨 Symbol Sketches for Piñata Meaning
Knowledge/Skill Building 50m
✍️ Three Scene Concept Drafts
Project Work 100m
🗣️ Reader Reaction Interview Rounds
Project Work 50m
🔁 Two-Peer Feedback Revision Loop
Deliverable 100m
🤝 Mini Gallery with Community Notes
Community Experience 50m
📊 Concept Choice Evidence Board
Research 50m
🧩 Narrative Direction One-Pager
Deliverable 50m
🎙️ Portfolio Note and Audio Checkpoint
Assessment 50m
Prototype & Test
Students will turn selected narrative concepts into low-fidelity story prototypes, test how clearly readers understand the turning point and emotional shift, and use peer, teacher, art teacher, and community-partner feedback to complete multiple documented revisions before moving into final refinement.
Days 48 - 60
100 min over capacity (650 min available across 13 days)
🧭 Chunk 1 Revision Targets
Knowledge/Skill Building 50m
🎙️ Dialogue and Sensory Scene Lab
Knowledge/Skill Building 50m
📝 Chunk 1 Story Prototype
Project Work 100m
🔁 Two-Peer Feedback Circuit
Deliverable 50m
🗂️ Feedback Pattern Sort
Research 50m
🎨 Vision Board Test Cards
Knowledge/Skill Building 50m
🗣️ Mini-Gallery with Partners
Community Experience 100m
✍️ Revision Sprint from User Evidence
Project Work 100m
👥 Teacher Conference Checkpoint
Assessment 50m
🧪 Second Reader Test Round
Research 50m
📌 Piñata Symbol Sketch Set
Deliverable 50m
📚 Chunk 1 Portfolio Note
Assessment 50m
Refine & Showcase
Students will refine their personal narrative and supporting visual artifacts through targeted revision, final reader validation, and stakeholder-ready documentation. They will prepare a polished narrative, a symbolic piñata, and a process vision board that show how mentor-text craft moves, feedback, and design choices shaped their work before the public exhibition phase.
Days 61 - 72
50 min over capacity (600 min available across 12 days)
📖 Fish in a Tree Revision Lens
Knowledge/Skill Building 50m
🧰 Dialogue and Sensory Upgrade Lab
Knowledge/Skill Building 50m
📝 Final Narrative Revision Sprint
Project Work 100m
💬 Two-Peer Feedback Round
Deliverable 50m
🎨 Symbolism and Piñata Planning
Knowledge/Skill Building 50m
🪅 Piñata and Vision Board Build
Project Work 100m
🗣️ Reader Validation Interviews
Community Experience 50m
🪞 Final Polish and Artist Statement
Deliverable 50m
🧪 Showcase Table Prototype Check
Project Work 50m
📂 Portfolio Growth Note
Deliverable 50m
✅ Published Narrative Milestone
Assessment 50m
Showcase
Students will present their published personal narratives, process vision boards, and symbolic piñatas to families, peers, the art teacher, and community partners; gather and analyze audience feedback; make final audience-centered revisions to their oral and written explanations; and document how their writing, design choices, and identity work developed across the project.
Days 73 - 80
🎤 Story Walk Speaking Moves
Knowledge/Skill Building 50m
🖼️ Gallery Labels and Artist Statement
Deliverable 50m
🔍 Two-Peer Gallery Tune-Up
Project Work 50m
🛠️ Final Exhibit Setup Sprint
Project Work 50m
🤝 Community Story Walk Gallery
Community Experience 50m
📣 Voices from the Journey
Community Experience 50m
📝 Portfolio Growth Note
Assessment 50m
🏅 Published Narrative Defense
Assessment 50m