3 x 6 Writing Slam

In writing yesterday we had some fun with spontaneous writing.  We did a "3 x 6 Writing Slam."  Students were given a silly sentence starter.  In this case, the sentence was "'Quick, over here!' said the caveman as he tumbled over the waterfall."  All of my students had to start their story with this sentence.  They then had 3 minutes to write as much of their story as possible.  When the three minutes was up, they had to stop (finish the word they were on) and rotate to the next person's story.  They had 30 seconds to read and then 3 minutes to write.  We did this rotation six times until they got back to their original piece.  Today, students will practice editing the story on their own.

Check out the video to get an idea of how our class looked/functioned....