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  • Essay / Fan Fiction Essay - 1246

    In 2009, Tracy Kell and some of her colleagues at Chestatee Middle School in Georgia developed lesson plans around fan fiction. During the unit, students read, wrote, published, and revised stories written by classmates and strangers. This project was a success and inspired many students to become more interested in writing (Kell 32-35). Although this lesson on fan fiction is intentional and structured, many literature teachers assign fan fiction projects without realizing it. Some teachers will ask students to write alternative endings for novels they have read in class or to decide what certain characters will do five or ten years after the novel ends. If teachers use fanfiction as part of their curriculum, what's wrong with the writing ?