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Introduction to the //Crogan's Adventures Flat Classroom Project//
We are going to write stories with a partner. What's so special about that? Well, these partners aren't going to be in the seat next to us, or even in the same class. our partners are not even in the same country - we're going to write stories with pupils //who live on the other side of the world!// Brilliant!

Our stories are going to be based on the amazing Chris Schweizer's graphic novels **Crogan's Vengeance** and **Crogan's March**.

//"The purpose of learning is an initiation into the world of ideas...the conversation between voices of mankind" (Michael Oakeshott)// media type="custom" key="6032817"

Participating Schools
West London, England
 * **School, Class, Number of participants, Teacher & School/class blog or wiki** || **School Logo** || **Time (using clocklink.com)** ||
 * The Falcons School for Girls

Teacher: [|Mr Hitchen] Year 6 (a class of 17 ten-eleven year old girls) School wiki: [|http://fsg.wikispaces.com] School YouTube channel: [] || || media type="custom" key="5656253" || Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada
 * [|Haultain Community School]

Teachers: Ms. Brown & Mrs. Langill Grade 5&6 (the grade sixes will be working on the project) Class blog: www.tinyurl.com/haultain || || media type="custom" key="5932217" || Indio, California, U.S.A 92201
 * John Glenn Middle School of International Studies

Teacher: Judy Graham (6th grade Language Arts) Grade: 10 6th grade students will participate School web page: [|John Glenn Middle School] || || media type="custom" key="5946241" ||

Connecting Classrooms Across Continents
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Crogan's Adventures
Our writing is going to be based on a series of graphic novels by the author [|Chris Schweizer]. The Crogan Adventures is a historical adventure series focusing on the various branches of the fictional Crogan Family Tree.

In Crogan's Vengeance**, "Catfoot" Crogan is an able-bodied mariner plying his trade for a dastardly "legitimate" captain with a grudge against Crogan for a slight committed well before he was born. But when his ship is taken by pirates, will Crogan stay loyal to his law-abiding, if despicable, captain or will he find a new life on the high seas living by the "Pirate's Code"?

Click [|here] to see an image of the entire 'Crogan' family! Brilliant!

We are going to write stories based on the adventures of the extended Crogan family tree. This is a brilliant opportunity to use key fiction techniques:
 * Direct speech (dialogue)
 * Characterisation ('shown' feelings; thoughts; questions about a character)
 * Description (the five senses; similes; metaphor; personification)
 * Suspense techniques
 * Action techniques