Fluency 2 - continued

Another technique to practice writing fluently is to use pictures or (silent) comic strips. Just look at the pictures and describe or invent the stories related to it. Keep writing by adding the conversation lines, characters, atmospheres, and so on. This helps students to be more creative in their writing as well.

If you are using a computer classroom, you can also ask students to open the notepad or Word program, switch off their screen, then start writing continuously for 5-10 minutes. Ask students to not stop typing on their keyboards. This is another technique in using freewriting in the computer classroom.

I hope these techniques might help students to practice fluency in their writing classrooms.