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if the word was 'go', they might suggest 'I go', or 'Go to bed!'
They go on suggesting additions of a maximum of three
consecutive words each time, making a longer and longer text,
until you, or they, have had enough.
The rule is that they can only add at the beginning or end of what
is already written - otherwise you will end up with a rather untidy
(and hard to read) series of additions. Add or change punctuation
each time as appropriate.

For example:

Variation: Students can erase the additions in reverse order,
starting with the last addition and ending with the original word in
the centre of the board.

Fact and fiction

All the skills.

Procedure: Ask all the students to write a statement, which is
either true or false. Choose ten students at random to take it in
turns to read out their sentences. The rest of the class (including
the nine students who are actually reading out their own sentences)
note down their names, listen carefully and make a tick or cross
according to whether or not they think each student's sentence is
true or false. When the ten students have finished, compare
responses and then ask the ten students to say whether their
sentences were true or false.

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