Hopefully, you all had a wonderful break. As a review and warm up activity, I pull out the old writing prompt, "What I did on my spring break." The students write a 10 minute quick write, then I turn the tables. They must pair up and interview each other about their break based on the prompt their partner has written. The questions/interview they can conduct in 15 minutes becomes the material they must use to create a news story.
This throws them back into interview mode, and the exercise serves as a quick review for news writing. They also must share their stories in class. Then, we dissect leads, high interest words, use of quotes, etc...to further the writing review.
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