This semester for my writing class I have moved back to using writing prompts at the beginning of each class. Although this is an academic writing course, most of my prompts are more imaginative than academic. That said, I do believe that getting students writing, about anything, is always helpful and a good way to boost their confidence about their writing skills as well.
This week’s class was slightly geared toward returning from Golden Week (one of the major stretches of holidays here in Japan) but you could use this without the holiday angle.
This week’s prompt was:
“While I was ____________ during Golden Week, I broke my leg.”
As usual I instructed them to give me as many of the 5 senses (sight, sound, smell, touch, and taste) as possible in their stories and to tell me what happened, how, and what the impact of the accident was.
They did not disappoint 😉
Here’s the quick sketch I added to the whiteboard to kick (sorry! ;-)) things off:
