writing activities presentation

Aims of this unit• To show teachers how writing skills can be developed through controlled activities in class.. • To show teachers how to prepare students for freer writing activities..

Unit 13:

WRITING ACTIVITIES

Aims of this unit

• To show teachers how writing skills can be developed through controlled activities in class.

• To show teachers how to prepare students for freer writing activities.

 The content of this unit

I CONTROLLED WRITING:

II GUIDED WRITING

III CORRECTING WRITTEN WORK

I CONTROLLED WRITING

1 Introduction

1.1 The value of writing

1.2 Kinds of writing

+ Completely mechanical copying

+ Going beyond mechanical copying

2 Moving beyond copying

Ex: (1) Sahiba……….by bus.

(2) Mary- a meeting- 9 am- Monday ?

(3) John enjoys playing football and watching TV.

3.Controlled writing activities

Ex: Gap filling

Paper……… wood It ……… the Chinese in……….

4 Dictation

Ex: Giovanni- fishing

Friend’s house- bus- river

Tree- fishing

A few minutes- Giovanni- small fish

II GUIDED WRITING

1 Problems of free writing

2 Writing based on text

3 Oral preparation

III CORRECTING WRITTEN WORK

TEACHERS’ TECHNIQUES

I just go through the answers and get students to

correct their own work Sometimes I write sentences on

the board.

Teacher B:

I ask the students to exchange books Then I go through the answers and they correct each other’s work.

Teacher D:

I ask the students to sit in pairs and correct each

other’s work, helping each other Then we all go

through the answers together

Teacher C:

I collect the books at the end of the lesson, and correct

them during the lunch hour Then I give the books back

the next day

Teacher A:

WRITING ACTIVITIES

CONTROLLED WRITING GUIDED WRITING CORRECTING WRITTEN

WORK

INTRODUCTION

MOVING BEYOND COPYING

DICTATION

WRITING BASED ON

A TEXT

ORAL PREPARATION

PROBLEMS OF FREE WRITING CONTROLLED WRITING

ACTIVITIES

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