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 THE LISTENING TAPESCRIPT
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Do you like doing writing activities in class? I think

they’re quite interesting. It’s not really like writing. The

way we write in my language is different from English.

The sentence and paragraph structures are different. My

teacher gives us fun activities so we can do writing a bit

at a time. Sometimes we brainstorm and write,

sometimes we speed write for ten minutes. One of my

favourite activities is writing in pairs. We have to agree

on what to write. We even have to agree on the spelling

and punctuation. That makes us think about the best

way. I think this is very good for me. I also like doing

online writing activities. It’s good to help me practice

typing. I need more writing activities.

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 LISTENING GAP FILL
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Do you like doing writing activities in class? I think

they’re ___________________. It’s not really like

writing. The ___________________ my language is

different from English. The sentence and paragraph

___________________. My teacher gives us fun

activities so we can do writing ___________________.

Sometimes ___________________ write, sometimes we

speed write for ten minutes. One of my favourite

activities is writing in pairs. We ___________________

what to write. We even have to agree

___________________ and punctuation. That makes us

think about the best way. I think this is very good for

me. I ___________________ online writing activities.

It’s good to help me practice typing. I need more writing

activities.

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 CORRECT THE SPELLING
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Do you like doing writing activities in class? I think

they’re ueqit interesting. It’s not really like writing. The

way we write in my aleagugn is different from English.

The teceensn and paragraph eusustrrct are different. My

teacher gives us fun activities so we can do writing a bit

at a time. Sometimes we obinmstarr and write,

sometimes we speed write for ten minutes. One of my

afovriuet activities is writing in pairs. We have to gaeer

on what to write. We even have to agree on the spelling

and oupctainnut. That makes us think about the best

way. I think this is very good for me. I also like doing

online writing activities. It’s good to help me apceritc

ypnitg. I need more writing activities.

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 UNJUMBLE THE WORDS
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in activities writing doing like you Do class? I think

they’re quite interesting. It’s not really like writing. The

way different is language my in write we from English.

paragraph are The and structures different sentence. My

teacher so gives we us can fun do activities writing a bit

at a time. Sometimes we brainstorm and write,

sometimes speed for minutes we write ten. One of my

favourite activities is writing in pairs. We have to agree

on what to write. the on agree to have even We spelling

and punctuation. the That us about best makes think

way. think I me for good very is this. I also like doing

online writing activities. It’s good to help me practice

typing. I need more writing activities.

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 DISCUSSION (Write your own questions)

STUDENT A’s QUESTIONS (Do not show these to student B)

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DISCUSSION (Write your own questions)

STUDENT B’s QUESTIONS (Do not show these to student A)

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 STUDENT WRITING ACTIVITIES SURVEY
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Write five GOOD questions about writing activities in the table. Do this in pairs.
Each student must write the questions on his / her own paper.
When you have finished, interview other students. Write down their answers.

STUDENT 1 STUDENT 2 STUDENT 3

_____________ _____________ _____________

Q.1.

Q.2.

Q.3.

Q.4.

Q.5.

 Now return to your original partner and share and talk about what you found
out. Change partners often.
 Make mini-presentations to other groups on your findings.

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 WRITING
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Write about writing activities for 10 minutes. Show your

partner your paper. Correct each other’s work.

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 HOMEWORK

1. VOCABULARY EXTENSION: Choose several of the words

from the text. Use a dictionary or Google’s search field (or
another search engine) to build up more associations /
collocations of each word.

2. INTERNET INFO: Search the Internet and find more

information about writing activities. Talk about what you discover
with your partner(s) in the next lesson.

3. MAGAZINE ARTICLE: Write a magazine article about writing

activities. Read what you wrote to your classmates in the next
lesson. Give each other feedback on your articles.

4. WRITING ACTIVITIES POSTER Make a poster about writing

activities. Show it to your classmates in the next lesson. Give
each other feedback on your posters.

5. MY WRITING ACTIVITIES LESSON: Make your own English

lesson on writing activities. Make sure there is a good mix of
things to do. Find some good online activities. Teach the class /
another group when you have finished.

6. ONLINE SHARING: Use your blog, wiki, Facebook page,

MySpace page, Twitter stream, StumbleUpon account, or any
other social media tool to get opinions on writing activities. Share
your findings with the class.

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