Journey to America: Narrative Short Stories
Volume 3
Fargo South AND Fargo Davies short stories
2016-2017
For the third year, Leah Juelke's ELL students at Fargo South High School wrote nonfiction narrative short stories about their journeys as refugees or immigrants to America. This year, Fargo Davies students were also invited to take part in the project, which was funded by the Eleanor Laing Law grant.
During Leah Juelke’s and Peggy Pulst’s Ell English 4 classes, students were inspired after meeting local refugee and immigrant community members and reading examples of previous narrative stories. Students drafted their own stories and went through multiple editing workshops to create a finished product. Volunteers from around the community provided technical writing support for the students during the workshops. This site holds the intriguing stories of 43 students from Congo, Mexico, China, Zambia, Uganda, Iraq, Burma, Nepal (Bhutan), Somalia, Rwanda, Sudan, Liberia, Iran and Eritrea.
During Leah Juelke’s and Peggy Pulst’s Ell English 4 classes, students were inspired after meeting local refugee and immigrant community members and reading examples of previous narrative stories. Students drafted their own stories and went through multiple editing workshops to create a finished product. Volunteers from around the community provided technical writing support for the students during the workshops. This site holds the intriguing stories of 43 students from Congo, Mexico, China, Zambia, Uganda, Iraq, Burma, Nepal (Bhutan), Somalia, Rwanda, Sudan, Liberia, Iran and Eritrea.
Students did a public reading of their stories at NDSU on January 26th, 2016 from 10-12. The general public was invited. Hard copies of the stories were put together in a book and limited copies are available.