This is a booklet of the stories written by students from Germany, Spain and Croatia as a final product of a workshop Storytelling, Erasmus + project "what changed - how reflected".

The book of stories

Book of stories

    Then, something unexpected happened. A real superhero, Superman, saved him in the air. They landed on the ground and Hugo thanked Superman. They both went their separate ways. Hugo apologized to the kid for lying. He expected the kid to be mad, but instead, he hugged him and was amazed. At the end, the kid told him: “You don’t have to know how to fly to be my hero”.

TWO SIDES OF A RING

    One hot day in July, the queen Julia was walking in her big and colourful garden. Her castle was old and huge. It was placed on a flowery meadow in Croatia. In the castle there were many workers - a chef, the gardener Marc, a cleaner…&nbsp; The Queen had many friends and one of them was Jack.

MADE BY: MARGOT, ADA, HELENA, PAULA F., AINA, PATRIK

When he arrived at the game, he was so full that he couldn’t even run. Without him, the team could not win. They lost and Hugo didn’t want to give up so he started to train every day. He worked on his strength, speed and football skills. The coach invited him to another game 2 weeks later. Hugo wasn’t sure if he could do it but he was brave and went for it. His hard work and training paid off and he scored 3 goals. His team won a money award and a coach from a very famous team invited him to his club in Spain. Hugo played very well there and became a professional football player. He was so famous that he felt like a superhero.

    One day, a little kid came up to him and asked him how he became so good and asked him if he was a superhero. He answered to that question with yes, while laughing. The kid wanted him to prove that he is a real superhero and told him to fly. Hugo was a bit nervous but he wanted to make the kid happy, so he climbed to the top of the nearest hill and jumped to see if he can fly. He realized that he is falling and he started screaming for help. 

This book was made as a product of a workshop Storytelling that was a part of Erasmus + project "what changed-how reflected".

Workshop was was held on December 8, 2023 on mobility in Croatia.

30 students from Spain, Germany and Croatia participated in the workshop and they were divided into 5 international teams. Each team wrote their story using the storytelling cubes and the instructions they were given. Students also presented their stories to all workshop participants.

WHERE IS IT?

    In the deep depths of the sea in Egypt once lived a curious turtle. His name was Tom and he didn't have much money. He was humble. He always preciated the little things. One day he saw a man skydiving over the pyramids. A few minutes later, the man began to fall to the ground. Tom rushed to the man, hoping he can help him. He came to the man. On the verge of his death, the man told him about the famous treasure. He gave him a flashlight and said to find and follow the footprints. Tom was astonished and couldn't say anything. He listened to the man and started to look for the footprints.

    The footprints led to the pyramid. For the first time, Tom was afraid of going in. He gathered all his strength and courage and stepped into the pyramid. It was very dark inside, so he used the flashlight the man gave him. Next to door there was a little tablet where you had to write a code to get in. Tom looked at the walls and saw four numbers. He typed them on the tablet and the door opened. 

    One day, Marc, the gardener, was talking with the queen. She said that she wanted to go on a date with Jack. Marc was very angry and pushed her into the swimming pool. Jack saw what happened and he immediately came to help her get up. When she saw him helping, she fell in love. Marc and Jack fought for her hand. A few days later, Jack wanted to invite her on a date. He planned a boat ride on the lake. The queen had always loved that lake, she spent all her childhood there.

Jack sent a card and flowers to invite her on a date. On the date, he gave a diamond ring to Julia because he wanted to marry her. When Marc heard that, he immediately started making a plan how to ruin their engagement. Do you think that Marc succeded in ruining Jack's plan to marry the Queen?

MADE BY: ANJA, EMA M., ELIA, CARLA, IDA, LAIA

Workshop instructions: You will make up a story using story cubes. There are 9 cubes for each group. A representative of each group throws all cubes and gets symbols. His/Her group has to come up with and write down the story related to the symbols they got on cubes. The important thing is that all sentences are connected to each other because we have to get a story at the end. The story should make sense. It can be a fairy tale, a horror story, a romance, a comedy…it doesn’t matter, as long as it forms a whole and makes sense. At the end every group has to write down the story in Word document and all groups will read their stories to the participants of this workshop. &nbsp;Also, we will create a digital book with stories written by students.

THE OLYMPIC GAMES

    One summer day, during the 2002 Olympic games, a robber crashed into the wall of the Olympic stadium and injured a cat and the football players who were playing a match. The robber entered the stadium, shot people and took their money. He searched for a way to escape. 

    He took a horse from the Olympic race and galloped away. He galloped into the fencing contest area and a guy with the fencing sword attacked and killed the robber. The guy took the horse and galloped to the police station.

MADE BY: TEA, ENA, EMILIA, PAULA M., SOPHIA, JONATHAN

    Once upon a time, in the past, on Earth lived people who were masked. They did archery so they could survive. With bow and arrow they were killing animals. Also they wanted to learn how to make a fire so they could burn the meat for eating. The problem was that they didn't know how. They tried to make it with two rocks but it didn't work out.

    One day, while they were hunting, they saw an interesting creature. It was an alien. He had powers and magic and they wanted to kill him so they could eat him. They agreed not to kill him if he showed them how to make a fire. In the end, all masked people learned how to make a fire.

MADE BY: KLARA, EMA H., TONKA, LUCIA, LARA, MARTINA

    When he looked at what was inside, he stopped and couldn't believe his eyes. He screamed: ˝ I found it!˝ There was at least three tons of pure gold. He took as much gold as he could and quickly went home. Nobody believed him. They thought he stole all of it. Only his family knew he would never steal anything. With that money Tom didn't buy any expensive things. He bought food for his family and other turtles and sea animals that couldn't afford it. Everyone should be like a turtle Tom and learn something from him. Selfishness is one of the worst human traits.

Once, there was a friendly boy named Hugo. He lived on a high mountain and his favorite sport was football. On August 3rd 2300, he was invited to a really important football match on the top of the mountain. He was really excited and wanted to win the match. On the day of the match, his mom made him chocolate cookies and he ate a bit too much.

MADE BY: EVA Ć., BRUNA, JANA, LARA EMILY, MARIE, LEA

The students were very creative in writing stories in English. The stories are shown in this booklet. With this activity, the students improved their language skills, cooperation and teamwork. The students also developed their imagination, creativity and other skills necessary for lifelong learning.

BOOKLET MADE BY: Erasmus team, Pušća Primary School Erasmus+ Project "what changed - how reflected" December 8, 2023

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