Library of Congress : Exquisite Corpse Adventure

The Exquisite Corpse Adventure is another great idea from the Library of Congress website.

An exquisite corpse is a collaborative work in images or text in which each person adds to the others'.  The LC's Exquisite Corpse Adventure was started by Jon Sczieska and features other writers like Kate DiCamillo, Nikki Grimes, and M.T. Anderson, so you know it will be good!  The story segments are great read aloud material, there are also podcasts to listen to, and an accompanying game to test students' reading/listening comprehension.  The game is a fun interactive style with images, so students will enjoy testing themselves.  The text, podcast, and game is appropriate for upper elementary through high school. 

Any age group can create their own exquisite corpse. Once students understand the concept, groups of three or four can get started.  Depending on the time available and the age group, each student can contribute a sentence, a paragraph or a page to the exquisite corpse.  This is a great opportunity for collaboration with the English teacher and the Art teacher.  Students can augment their original text with original art work.