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The students worked for a couple of minutes and then, a student came to the board. He wrote "Mary did not say
a word." Then, followed another pair by writing "She went on doing something on her smart phone." Another pair
added "The same thing happened the following day." Sentences of the pairs followed each other: "Mr. Hopkins got
angrier and angrier but nothing changed.", "Mary kept looking at her smart phone.", "One day, when Mr. Hopkins
came in, Mary hugged him and said 'Daddy, we are not desperate! Mum will walk again, hooray!' ", "Mr. Hopkins
just looked and asked how that could happen.", "I shared the problem on a health forum and asked for help.",
"People recommended some doctors and I contacted one of them.", "He read the reports and told me about a
new cure.", "I made an appointment. Can you take us there?", "They went there and her mother recovered.", "Mr.
Hopkins apologized to Mary for being rude to her about the smart phone." and finally, the last sentence was written
on the board: "If you use them for cooperation at the right time, smart phones and social media are great, dad."
Ms. Ritto was amazed. She didn’t know what to say. She asked the students how they had managed to
create such a nice story without any serious preparation. One of the students admitted that it was a story
from the literature class. They all laughed and she congratulated her students before she left the classroom.

6 C

Read the short story and answer the questions.

1. What was Ms. Ritto’s opinion on smart phones at the beginning of the class? .....................................................
2. What did she ask her students to do? ..................................................................................................
3. Did everything go as she planned? ..................................................................................................
4. What message did the students give her? ..................................................................................................

6 D
Read the story again and find out in what way creating a collaborative story is different. Discuss
with your friends and circle the correct option for the sentence below.

Collaborative story is written...
a. by an author.
b. by a group of three or more authors.

6 E
Below is the template of a digital collaborative story. Its first sentence has been given for you.
Each time before a group, pair or student adds a sentence, discuss it and make changes if
necessary to create a collaborative story which shows the advantages of technology. Then,
arrange it online.

First line They realized that they were lost.
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