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original posting 10 June 2011

Number three from Blake Snyder. Put your thinking caps on because it's time
for...

Blank School

"Works for both drama and comedy. Name five examples of an unusual type of school, camp, or classroom. Example: "Wife School": women sent by their rich husbands soon rebel.

Who's teaching, what are they teaching, and just how do the students take it?

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[identity profile] mbarker.livejournal.com
Original posting 20 January 2009

Now there's an interesting little exercise. Here's your starting scene.
"It is the start of a new school year and [fill in the name] is entering fifth grade. The first day of school brings with it suspense: Who's in my class? Who will the teacher be?"

"The kids are assembled, but, mysteriously, the teacher doesn't show. Why?"
There you go. Take it from the kids' point of view, think about what might have happened to the teacher. How do they find out? How do they respond?

And go on from there.
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[taken from a news column about a children's book http://search.japantimes.co.jp/cgi-bin/ek20090107a1.html ]

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