If you've taught middle school Language Arts, I'm sure you've felt my struggle with getting students to be more descriptive in their writing!

My students were setting up their stories and were starting to making their drafts when I quickly realized I needed to change things up.

I had students just simply use Keynote and their Apple pens.

I had students pair up and had them sit back-to-back. When one student read their setting, the other drew what they thought the scene or setting looked like based on what they heard from their student author/partner. When one was finished, they switched. When they both were finished reading, they got to show each other the drawing they did.

It was a great way for students to practice revising their writing AND a whole new way to do peer review! I can't wait to do more like this!