Public Relations & Social Marketing Insight

Inspired by Twitter's character-limited posts, students practice writing concisely.

 

Overview | How can online media like Twitter posts, Facebook status updates and text messages be harnessed to inspire and guide concise writing? In this lesson, students read, respond to and write brief fiction and nonfiction stories, and reflect on the benefits and drawbacks of “writing short.”

 

Materials | Slips of paper with brief stories (see below; one per student), computers with Internet access...