MOTIVATING WRITING TASKS

Marina TerteroviGvantsa Palelashvili

Writing is easy. All you have to do is cross out the wrong words. Mark Twain

WHY TEACH WRITING?

The visual demonstration of language is valuable for learners.

It helps students to develop language learning.

It can be a quiet reflective activity for intrapersonal learners.

CREATIVE WRITING

The title of the story “ Spring” Create a story about spring Each sentence should begin on each letter

of the word SPRING,e.g. S P R I N G

A SAMPLE STORY

Snow starts to melt.People are enjoying the warmth of the

sun.Rivers are running quicker.In the fields and gardens flowers are

blooming.Nobody feels bored.Girls and boys enjoy playing out.

HOMOPHONE GAME

Raising the students awareness about the words that sound the same but have different meanings, spellings.

Material-suitable homophone sets Write the homophones (1-4) on the board. Students write them in groups T writes other four words The group which finishes first is the winner T checks ( can give the key list)

HOMOPHONE LIST

I meet

our

dear

their

mail

sail

sum

HOMOPHONE LIST

I eye

meet meat

our hour

dear deer

their there

mail male

sail sale

sum some

NOUN POETRY

Helps in producing descriptive language. Preparation Bring old newspapers or magazines. Students select the picture of a person,

place, or thing Students glue them on a piece of paper Students produce a descriptive poem

according to the following set of instructions:

INSTRUCTIONS:

Choose a noun that describes the person, place, or thing you have selected. E.g. Fireman

Describe this noun with two adjectives joined by the word and or but( strong and fearless)

Use a verb form and adverb to show this noun in a typical action (Fighting courageously)

Think up a comparison beginning with the word as or like (as brave as a gladiator)

Use a phrase beginning with if only to express a wish regarding this noun.

A SAMPLE POEM

Fireman.Strong and fearless.Fighting courageously.As brave as a gladiator.If only I could be a hero!

IMAGES

CREATIVE WRITING

Writing is one of the best ways to assess students at the end of the lesson.

Fun and interesting writing activities increase students’ motivation.

At my ELCE lessons I often had writing assessments.

For example:

MY FUTURE JOB

Give students your own example. Draw your profession on the board and write: “ I want to be an English teacher. I like this profession because I like children and foreign languages.”

Use the new vocabulary which they have taught at this lesson.

Ask students to draw and write: “My future job.”

CHARTS

Charts are also very good for writing tasks.

For example: When I did Diversity and Multiculturalism the students filled the chart about wedding traditions in the world.

They saw a video about American, Indian and Georgian weddings, read a short text and then filled the chart.

AMERICAN AND INDIAN WEDDINGS

GEORGIAN WEDDING

Wedding Clothes Food Traditions

American

Indian

Georgian

SPEECH BUBBLES

Show the poster. Ask questions about the poster, for

example:”Where are they? What are they doing?”

Show the pairs of speech bubbles you have prepared and read them in turn: “Do you want a sandwich? Yes, please. Is the fish good? No. it’s horrible.

Divide the class into pairs. Give each pair two more empty speech

bubbles. Ask to choose two characters in the

poster and write an exchange between them.

Invite them to take turns to stick their speech bubbles by the characters and read them to the class.

Thank you!