Reproduction without permission is prohibited. 2001 Freshman English students at Westfield High School and first-graders at Washington Elementary have been writing their own stories. Friday morning, they shared their work with each other. Teacher Abby Williams and her freshmen trekked across the street and down the road to Washington Elementary to visit Kelly Mattox and her students. They broke into small groups of older and younger students, shared their stories, then watched a small skit put on by some of the high- schoolers.
Fables are short stories with morals which feature animals acting as humans.
Coming to the elementary class was Williams' idea. Mattox was happy to accept the offer. Students in each classroom of the school are writing their own stories to be displayed during Young Authors' Night in March. It got very loud in the classroom Friday as more than 40 students read to each other at once. But things quieted down when it was time for the skit.