Inspiration: Circular story
Inspiration: Circular story is a collaborative story building exercise for relationship mapping: it helps participants build useful connections and understand how people, roles, or ideas relate.
How to run it
- Every adolescent should have one piece of paper and a pen or pencil to write with.
- Step 2 Writes one sentence of a story at the top of your piece of paper, then, pass the paper to the person sitting to your right.
- Step 3 Write the next sentence of the story on the piece of paper that was handed to you.
- Continue until everyone has written one sentence of each story.
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Every adolescent should have one piece of paper and a pen or pencil to write with.
Step 2 Writes one sentence of a story at the top of your piece of paper, then, pass the paper to the person sitting to your right.
Step 3 Write the next sentence of the story on the piece of paper that was handed to you.
Continue until everyone has written one sentence of each story.
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Adapt this exercise for my exact room. Exercise: Inspiration: Circular story. Readiness: Publishable Draft. Core moves: Every adolescent should have one piece of paper and a pen or pencil to write with.; Step 2 Writes one sentence of a story at the top of your piece of paper, then, pass the paper to the person sitting to your right.; Step 3 Write the next sentence of the story on the piece of paper that was handed to you.; Continue until everyone has written one sentence of each story.. Return a concise facilitator script with timing, wording, safety notes, and remote/in-person adjustments.
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- Where we observed it: The strongest current observations come from UNICEF; aggregators are listed as additional observations, not origin proof. (1 source observed, including UNICEF.)
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