The reason the children and I called the small moment stories "seed" stories is because we think of our stories as a watermelon seed, not a whole watermelon. We aren't writing stories that are lists, such as "I got up. I went to school. We did reading groups. We played on the playground. We went home." That is an example of a huge watermelon story. Instead, we choose only one topic, such as "playing the playground," a simple seed, and write about it. Here's anther "seed" story by Trigg...
When I got home there was duck! My mama called Animal Control. "We don't go in your house," they said. My mama got a ladder and got the duck. My mom called the exterminator too. The phone did not answer. We set the duck free.
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