This exercise illustrates to students exactly why revision and rewriting is a necessary part of the writing process. It is helpful to do this activity just before a group critique or feedback session on rough drafts. This is a favorite activity in my first-year college composition class, but I have also used it in classrooms for grades 6 and up with great success.
You could also modify this lesson to work simply as an instruction-writing exercise.
This is a great activity not just for writing but also for teaching how to work cooperatively. I'm definitely going to use this during our team building time! Now I just need to go get some pipe cleaners....
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