As
narrative writing is one of the most difficult text types to master (so
much creativity and imagination involved!) we do weekly Lightning
Writing lessons in my class. It's called 'Lightning Writing' because
students are to write 'as fast as lightning' without worrying about
being neat. Just a free flow of thoughts!
To
aid these lessons, I have a Mystery Box containing a whole bunch of
goodies (think Lucky Dip!) from which students chose a toy/object to
write about.
They are given 5 minutes planning time and a further 15 to write a story based around their selected object.
I've
read
wonderful, imaginative stories about magical rings with powers of
invisibility;
flying cars and trips to outer space; mermaids swimming on the backs of
dolphins and mad scientists who turn cute puppies into terrorizing
monsters. The Mystery Box excites my students about writing, and ignites
their creativity and imagination!
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