Free Writing

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Free Writing

• Developing a story voice
• Unblocking our writing selves

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The Unicorn

• The wife woke up and looked out of the window.
• Describe the wife

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She saw a unicorn

• Eating a lily in the garden
• Describe the garden

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She woke up her husband

• And told him there was a unicorn in the garden
  eating a lily.
• He said, Dont be silly, there cant be the
  unicorn is a mythical beast.
• Describe the husband

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The wife went down

• To take a closer look at the unicorn, but it had
  gone. She down on a bench near the roses and went
  to sleep.
• She had a dream.
• What did she dream?

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The husband

• Rang a psychiatrist and the police. He told them
  that his wife was going mad.
• He asked them to come quickly with a
  straitjacket.
• Describe the psychiatrist

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He told the psychiatrist,

• My wife said she saw a unicorn in the garden
  eating a lily.
• The psychiatrist asked, Did you see the unicorn
  in the garden eating lily?
• Of course not. The unicorn is a mythical beast!
• Finish the story

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Optional activities

• Students illustrate the stories and then display
  them
• Pin all the stories up around the room
• Students tape the stories, not write
• Students correct each others speaking/writing
• Finish with questions, comments