I use this activity mainly to provide writing practice. It also practises question forms and encourages creativity. It is a student-centred activity which encourages collaboration and teamwork.

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Here are some suggestions to help get your students writing poems based around the theme of the future.

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I use this activity as practice for using narrative tenses, particularly past simple and progressive/continuous with pre-intermediate students.

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This idea comes from a short story by Raymond Carver called 'Put yourself in my shoes'.

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Writing stories is an exciting and creative activity and yet students often seem resistant to undertaking this task. I think it is important to break the task down into small stages so students don’t get discouraged, and place emphasis on the creative part.

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Planning a simple composition
This activity trains young learners to plan a very simple story by looking at the brainstorming process prior to writing, then allowi

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This latest activity in this series is suitable for intermediate + level students.

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This latest activity exploiting sitcoms is suitable for pre-intermediate students and above.

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This a controlled writing activity which focuses on using the past continuous verb form to talk about events in the past.

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This is a further activity based around sitcoms, and is suitable for intermediate - upper Intermediate levels.

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