Welcome to this Activity!

The Wacky
"Check out my Vacation" Story

telling the story of a "vacation" through cancelled checks

This wacky activity was created by Northern Nevada teacher Kathy McCormick.

This writing activity was inspired by Barry Lane's book, 51 Wacky We-Search Reports. In Nevada, Barry's book has been teaching us to help students think deeply about learned content as they learn to put ideas in their own words.

Additional Samples Being Sought:

If you have a photo or a scan of a sample to share with us, send it to us at webmaster@writingfix.com. If we publish it here, we will send you a free publication from the NNWP's Publication Page.

We are especially interested in seeing creative check stories for abstract topics like those listed on the previous page! Help your students find their creative and funny bones.