Who are you and what should you write on?

Use role-play when writing:

The writer is called the addresser. Who is the addresser?

• a grumpy old neighbour?
• a high-flying advertising executive?
• a tired and ratty British Rail traveller?
• a horror writer?
• Charles Dickens?
• an Ofsted Inspector?
• The Head?
• yourself at the age of 83?
• the exam moderator?

What would they write on?

• A4 paper?
• computer?
• sugar paper?
• the back of an envelope?
• old tea-stained paper?
• exercise book?
• official form?
• secret diary?
• blog?

Have a selection of these things in the classroom. Let the students choose...