A suggested path

This lesson is set out as a step-by-step guide

We'll walk you through your first 4 games.
Each game will introduce you and your students to a different aspect of Frankenstories.
And we'll show you some ways to incorporate Frankenstories into serious teaching.

Feel free to find your own way; everything here is a suggestion only.

But we suggest you at least read it in order because this guide is a good way to learn the basics without missing anything important.

Because everyone's experience with Frankenstories will be different, it's difficult to provide a path that will work for everyone.

It might be helpful for you to understand the kind of idealised class we have in mind when designing Frankenstories & Writelike:

Grade 8 classroom English teacher.
Students have laptops.
Classroom has a data projector.
Classes have ~23 students.
Classes have a normal distribution of writing skills and literacy:
- A handful of engaged, higher-skill students
- A handful of disengaged, lower-skill students
- A larger middle group of average skill and interest

Hopefully, if you know our frame of reference, then you can more easily interpret and adapt our advice for your context.

We'll show you how to get from fun-but-often-derailed games like this:

To deeper, more coherent games like this:

And then, ideally, to polished writing, like this:

Let's dive in!

Teaching with Frankenstories