Teaching Writing, Teaching Media

A Curriculum by Peter ElbowIn Collaboration with the

Media Education Foundation

Free writing ; Low Stakes Assignment

Free Write : Activity

Link the Plot: Some framework and de velopment of interesting plot

1. Students are given a story start and endin , .

SSSSS : Tim brought his skateboard to school.SSSSSS : Everyone was sent home at lunch tim

e. 2 . Students write in between sequence of eve

nts, either by: - SS SSS S SSSSSS SS SSSS() 3 4 ( )

• Expand one of your bullet points.•SSSSSSSS S SSSS SSSSSS SSS SS S SS S S SS SSS SSSSS SSS SSSS SSSS SS S SSSS. .• Draw comic strip of events before writing.•S SS SSSS SSSSSSSS SSS SSSS SSSSS-SSSSSSS.

Free Write : Advantages