MS Word Crazy Stories

Today we are going to write crazy stories.

Today, we will be creating “Crazy Stories” on our computers.

First, you will type a story starter (which I will give you in a minute). Then, I am going to ask you to WALK to a different computer. You will sit down and quickly start typing to add to the story at that computer. You will type until you hear the timer go off which I will set for 1 minute. As soon as timer goes off, I will say “Hands Up!” and you will then put your hands up in the air even if you are in the middle of a word. The next person can finish it —this makes it really fun! Then I will say “Switch” and, you will move to the computer to your right, the last computer will WALK across the room to the first computer.

When we are done with this activity, I will ask you to go back to your original computer and

quickly finish the story you started, this be during our next class period where we will learn to edit our documents and check for spelling and grammar errors.

You need to open a blank Word document. Go to File --> Save As.. --> name your document Silly Story Your Name and save it in your classes drop box file. Before each rotation you will save your document to prevent losing anyone writing.

Some rules:

1. No using names of people you know.

2. Use appropriate words only.

3. Do not type long lines of repeated letters to make long words.

4. There is no deleting, backspacing over, or changing other people’s work.

5. There is not time to change the font, font size or color. So, please leave things as they are.

Everyone needs to start their story with:

In my computer lives a...