Teaching with Frankenstories (ARCHIVED 23.02.28)

• Almost all the prompts link to a specific Writelike lesson page where you can find snippets, examples, and explanations.
• Some include links to example games that show the prompt in action.
• Some work as the entire game prompt while others work well when combined with a random prompt.

• Take one feature of this character and then keep exaggerating it, taking it as far as you can go. [Context] [Example game]
• Describe their most strongly held goal. Elaborate on it in detail—what do they want to achieve and why? What are the obstacles to achieving it? [Context] [Example game]
• [Start with a random prompt then add +]. Use juxtaposition to contrast two time periods. [Context] [Example game]
• [Start with a random prompt then add +]. Each round, include a prepositional phrase using: R1 In. R2 To. R3 On. R4 For. R5 As. [Example game]

This list is a work in progress.

• Currently, the list draws from our Narrative Basics, Narrative Skills, and Functional Grammar lessons.
• Ideally, we would expand it to include Expressive Punctuation, Memoir, Genre Remix lessons, and everything else on Writelike.
• However, we've had a lot of requests for persuasive writing prompts so we might prioritise those first.

If you want prompts for specific skills, text-types, genres, or themes—let us know!

And if you have any you want to share, send them our way!

Ideally, this would be a feature built into Frankenstories, but for now it's a copy-and-paste process.

1. Go to the Google Doc and use the Document Outline to find a skill you want to target.
2. Choose a prompt.
3. Copy it from the Google Doc (leaving off any square bracket comments).
4. Create a Frankenstories game.
5. If you're going to use a Frankenstories image, refresh the image until you find one that suits your prompt.
6. Click Custom.
7. Paste the skill-prompt text and tweak it however you like.
8. Assign the game to the relevant groups and off you go!