Building Community with Super Hero Margin Mascots

Mondays of writing camp are all about community building. We spend the day writing and sharing pieces that explain who we are. This fun, but important step, always makes the rest of the week go smoothly. Honestly, the community builds rather quickly. This year by lunch, friendships were already formed - I mean, we were sharing spoons and guacamole with strangers in no time!

After we selected the punctuation marks that best describe our personalities, we went on a psychological journey to an oasis. We were barely an hour into camp before we were contemplating life - it got deep, FAST!

Right before lunch we created our super hero writing mascots. We used the site: http://marvel.com/games/cyos  to design our own super heroes that highlighted our personal attributes and some of our desired features. We will refer to these super heroes when we write as they capture who we are, in addition to, our beliefs and dreams. This is a techy spin-off of Corbett Harrison's Mr. Stick Margin Mascot. 

Below are our creations with a brief explanation of each writers' super qualities.

Abby 

Every wife, mother, teacher needs a solid set of retractable claws to protect her young, a handy utility belt (for snacks and extra pencils) - all while sporting a blazer and set of pearls. 

Amelia 

Amelia's character features a diamond sword to show off her love for  Minecraft gaming.
Her  black jacket and sneakers show her sense of style!

 Jaiden 

Jaiden's super hero highlights her love of nature and hunting. The super unique winged feet represent her dreamer mindset. 

Lucas 

This hero features Wolverine claws to show that Lucas is not afraid to speak his mind! The color scheme plays off some design elements he often includes in his own sketches. And, basically, this character just looks cool! 

Nodin 

Nodin features a dark character with a Wild-West inspired holster and hat. While he hasn't read a lot of western genre books yet, he has some on standby. The sword screams ninja. The dark colors represent the darker side of books that he likes to dive into! 

Maggie 

Maggie maintained all practicality with this super hero (as always). The green hair is a future hair dye choice. Her character is military-trained with a Black Widow edge, and she is clearly prepared with plenty of weaponry.
 Her moon symbol shows her current interest in the celestial world.  

Sarah 

Sarah's super hero, Shimmer, shows off  her love for dark colors (as she wears all black in real life).
Her beautiful wings indicate her desire for travel. 

We finished the day by writing and publishing our six word stories.

We also got our blogs formatted and ready to go.
 Global Graffiti 2016 is off to a great start!