An alternative, suggested here, is a display around the room of all written stories along with their visual aids. Students move from one project to the next and select four or five that they would like to learn more about. They review each of them on evaluation forms which are distributed to the authors for response. An exchange of information takes place, and at a level of enhanced appreciation. Students are more relaxed in this setting and true peer evaluation takes place in written form.
Students discuss all categories and items within each category.
Pass out dice. In turn, each student rolls one die five times to determine the elements of the story each will write. For example, to determine a male character, a student first rolls a die. The same system determines all five elements of the story. The elements of the story are based entirely on chance, which makes for interesting results.