Freewriting
One of the prewriting skills that I ask my students to practice is freewriting.
The other day, my students were in a computer lab, so I decided to try something different for our freewriting exercise. It is a software program you can use online or pay to download to your computer called “Write or Die.”
It worked great. I had students set a high word count because I wanted them to write for the full time limit. I was able to use the various options — kamikaze and evil options made for some fun (although some panicked too) moments.
http://writeordie.drwicked.com/
Here is a lengthy how-to video:
