Free+Write

When a student is asked to free write, they are suppossed to write whatever comes to their mind. They are not to stop writing to correct for spelling or grammar. The idea is to jot down in a rough form all the information they can think of. If they run out of describing one event before the time is up, they begin writing about another event.

The reason behind this is that this gives students a bank of ideas to draw from in writing a story instead of them saying, "I can't think of anything to write about."

An example of a free write is attached: