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Exploring the Lighthouse Exploring the Lighthouse

“Tell me the facts and I’ll learn. Tell me the truth and “If history were taught in the form of stories, it would
I’ll believe. But tell me a story and it will live in my never be forgotten.”
heart forever.” ~ Rudyard Kipling, Author
~ An old First Nations proverb

Telling your stories... Photographs and Stories

Story-telling has always formed the underlying basis of human communi- from the Students
cation. Our stories are the ways that we connect ourselves to one another
and to our communities. They help define who we are and where come in Division 8
from. Children naturally understand the power of story-telling, and we
wanted to provide them with tools and strategies to explore and expand Kathleen talks about — Grade 4
their own story-telling abilities, to share their own stories and to learn the importance of
storytelling and
from others. creativity. (Ms. Behm’s Class)

Author Kathleen Arnason spoke to the students about the basic elements
of creative writing, focusing on getting the children to explore their own
feelings and values and to think about what is important and has meaning
for them.

Each student was asked to write and illustrate a story (factual or fictional)
about a lighthouse, incorporating what they had learned and what they
had seen throughout the day.

The following pages contain the results of that work, and they speak for Ian tells the story about
themselves. how the Lighthouse was
built.

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