This is an idea for promoting collaborative storytelling. The activity begins with a plot seed--a world-establishing event that will provide a common frame from which the story proceeds. Each day, the class meets and each student describes his or her action in response to the initiating event. These actions have consequent reactions based on an overall narrative arc, an element of which is introduced in each subsequent class meeting. The nature and type of the reaction is a function partially pre-determined by a detailed physical map of the activity's area (the school building, for instance) containing various objects, obstacles, valuables, tools, etc--think dungeon master's guide--and partially determined on-the-spot by an instructor, a board of editors or even by coin flip or dice roll.
My dream scenario would be "Alien Invasion Week" in which several major cities have been destroyed over the weekend--the plot seed--and we begin with huge uncertainty and fear. As the week progresses, there is a gradual shift in school policies to reflect obedience to our new alien overlords. Students have to figure out whether they'll go along with the rules or try to subvert the new order.
I have a lot more to say about this. More later....
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