Imagine...
--A treehouse door with a deer antler handle that opens to something unexpected.
--A free-standing door suspended at the tree line of a forest facing into a field, with a mysterious note.
--A door embedded into a tree that opens, and then opens again, onto magic...but not just any magic.
--A girl who is unhappy about a move halfway across the country until her family stops at a very interesting ice cream store.
--A grandpa all dressed in green who didn't believe his grandkids when they opened a door to find--wait, are those dinosaurs?
--A toy factory with a door covered in cobwebs that hasn't been opened in 50 years. But why is the door knob so hot it burns?
So, what happens next? You'll have to ask the authors, all of whom are 4th and 5th graders at Otselic Valley!
Mrs. Youngs explained: " Ms. Rizzo and I teamed together for Walk to Read (an opportunity for reading support where teachers work directly with students who share reading skill levels). We decided to focus on the genre of fantasy, and we decided to write our own fantasy stories using a prompt: the Hidden Door. We read a variety of short stories by different authors and one group read "The Lion, The Witch and the Wardrobe" by C.S. Lewis. Then we decided we should actually make our "doors" to go with the story. As we started making our doors, we thought it would make for a good museum exhibit. So the students chose to work in pairs or on their own.
First, we wrote our stories. Then we created our doors. And finally we added a work of art to go with the story and the door."
The result was an exhibit featuring compelling stories, doors made with an array of materials, and art to go with it all. We couldn't be more proud!