Introduction

This lesson takes a process approach to developing writing skills. It is staged so that students are guided through the processes of collecting information and deciding how they will structure it within the text before they begin to write. Students are guided through the process of drafting, editing and redrafting the text to produce a final copy. There are also a number of suggested follow up activities.

Topic

News reports

Age

Teenage/adult

Level

Pre-Intermediate A2 and above

Time

60-90 mins

Aims

• To develop students' abilities to organise information and construct it into a text
• To develop students' abilities to revise, redraft and improve their writing
• To develop students' abilities to construct questions

Materials 

The plans and worksheets are downloadable and in pdf format.

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