Questions for Discussion 1.Do you enjoy teaching writing? Why? Why not? 2.What type of writing activities do you do with your students?
Controlled writing Guided writing Free writing
Examples of controlled writing tasks Jigsaw sentences Copying with corrections Find and copy Dictation Sentence combining Transformation Gap-fill
Examples of guided writing tasks Picture description Picture stories Summary Half dialogues Story completion Substitution boxes Questions and answers
Pre-writing Activities Using a drill Using a listening text Using a reading text Using a survey Using picture dictation
While-writing Activities Write it up Transformation Substitution tables Substitution boxes Gap-fill Questions and answers Ordering Brainstorming
Post-writing Activities Correction Sharing and comparing Exhibition