P I Z ZA Z
People Interested in Zippy and ZAny Zcribbling

PIZZAZ has been an Online Resource since 1995 from Leslie Opp-Beckman
For Scribblers and Teachers of English to Speakers of Other Languages (ESOL)

Instructions

1. Set the Stage: You can base stories on a class experience, or pre-select a theme (e.g. mystery, false fable, soap opera, etc.). Story starters, such as those from BogglesWorld Creative Writing Prompts, can also be useful for helping writers get started.
   
   
2. Set up the authoring teams. Divide the class into pairs (if using a story starter) or groups of three (if students are creating their own beginnings).
   
   
3. Everyone writes Part A, if the beginning of the story is needed, and gives it to another person in the group.
   
   
4. Everyone writes Part B, the middle of the story, and gives it to the last person in the pair or group.
   
   
5. The last person writes Part C, the end, and the story is finished! Make sure each person's name is on the final story.
   
   
6. The instructor can use whatever editing or corrections needs are appropriate to the learners and course.
   
   
7. Students can illustrate stories individually or in groups (optional).
   

Variations

Find a class with whom you can share exchanges, either in person or online.

See: OELC Web Guide for Keypals to find an email exchange class for free.

Hint: Faster results can be achieved in class-to-class and email exchanges if the class that initiates the story (Part A writers) also finishes the story (Part C). Then the story is only "gone" (in the hands of the other class) for just one turn. Fewer stories are lost or remain unfinished this way.