It is sometimes difficult for a learner to decide what to write about, especially when asked to write fiction. To make such compositions easier, the tutor can provide the first part of an existing story, and then ask the learner to finish it.
Two examples of beginning sentences are:
Brenda Galbraith and Jodi Doka, two learners from Kipling Industries, each wrote a story using one of these “story starters.” Their writings can be found in Section 9 of this Handbook.
Other beginning sentences to try:
This activity can be modified in a few ways:
Source:
“Tutor Tips,” in Tutor Topics: A Newsletter for Volunteer Tutors
at Frontier College. Vol. 1, No. 5 (March 1999), p. 4. [http://www.frontiercollege.ca/english/public/newslet/tutor/march99/page4.htm]