ASSIGMENT 4 - TASK 2


ASSIGMENT 4 - TASK 2
When i am planing writing activities i usually choose topics where my students feel comfortable writing about, due to the fact that i work with almost teenagers and it is challenging for me that they do not get bored.
1. selection of an apropriate topic according to level, age and likes
2. i start the class with a warm up of ideas an write those ideas on the board.
3. i plan a game that include the same topic, maybe a vocabulary game for students use during the writing.
4. before to tell the students what are they going to write i tell the students the begining of an invented story i tell them that they are going to help me to complete the story. all the students participate by telling a shor sentence. This is funny or scary some times, my students like to invent scary stories.
5. i give the students a related topic and i tell them that when they finish writing they should include a draw that represent it.
My students write a journal after class and as a homework, this can be very boring, to change this i write a question in their journal for them to answer.
At the begining of each year it is very difficult to get each students to write, but i always try to come up with new a ideas, speccialy games for them to like writing.

Comments

  1. Renata TodorovskaMay 5, 2016 at 10:12 PM

    I like your ideas. Students like to finish the story their way.

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  2. Marwa TounsiMay 6, 2016 at 5:30 AM

    I have tried this creative writing task many times and students love to proceed the story their ways and the end product is always amazingly imaginative and funny

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  3. Juan UribeMay 7, 2016 at 9:42 AM

    Abi,
    I can notice that you have paid special attention to connecting all the activities. This certainly brings better flow and smooth transitions. It's amazing how just leaving open sentences or asking questions allows students to be creative and feel motivated to write.

    I like also the idea of asking them to draw next to their sentences. The sharing of these is definitely a bliss!

    Lucky students!

    Juan

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