http://www.teachingenglish.org.uk/try/activities/writing Activities page en-UK http://www.teachingenglish.org.uk/try/activities/text-lingo <p> Many of our teenage students now have mobile phones and enjoy sending text messages to each other. This activity introduces them to some English text messages that they could start to use with their friends. <p><a href="http://www.teachingenglish.org.uk/try/activities/text-lingo">read more</a></p> http://www.teachingenglish.org.uk/try/activities/text-lingo#comments Activities writing Tue, 11 Dec 2007 12:00:00 +0000 admin 622 at http://www.teachingenglish.org.uk http://www.teachingenglish.org.uk/try/activities/writing-correction-code <p> This is a common tool to optimise learning opportunities from mistakes learners make in written homework and to encourage the editing stages of process writing. <p><a href="http://www.teachingenglish.org.uk/try/activities/writing-correction-code">read more</a></p> http://www.teachingenglish.org.uk/try/activities/writing-correction-code#comments Activities writing Wed, 14 Nov 2007 12:00:00 +0000 admin 623 at http://www.teachingenglish.org.uk http://www.teachingenglish.org.uk/try/activities/guided-writing-writing-an-article-using-ohp <p> In this activity students find out about another country and put together an article. It can be used with students at intermediate level and above and helps develop their fluency as well as their writing skills. <p><a href="http://www.teachingenglish.org.uk/try/activities/guided-writing-writing-an-article-using-ohp">read more</a></p> http://www.teachingenglish.org.uk/try/activities/guided-writing-writing-an-article-using-ohp#comments guided writing Activities writing Wed, 27 Jun 2007 13:00:00 +0100 admin 625 at http://www.teachingenglish.org.uk http://www.teachingenglish.org.uk/try/activities/guided-writing-writing-a-story-ohp <p> This activity can be used with intermediate and upper-intermediate students and practises fluency as well as story-writing skills. It offers free practise of narrative tenses and sequential linking words, <p><a href="http://www.teachingenglish.org.uk/try/activities/guided-writing-writing-a-story-ohp">read more</a></p> http://www.teachingenglish.org.uk/try/activities/guided-writing-writing-a-story-ohp#comments Activities writing Wed, 27 Jun 2007 13:00:00 +0100 admin 624 at http://www.teachingenglish.org.uk http://www.teachingenglish.org.uk/try/activities/a-business-letter <p> In this activity, learners attempt to re-write an inappropriately informal business letter in a more appropriate, formal style. <p><a href="http://www.teachingenglish.org.uk/try/activities/a-business-letter">read more</a></p> http://www.teachingenglish.org.uk/try/activities/a-business-letter#comments Activities writing Wed, 01 Nov 2006 12:00:00 +0000 admin 627 at http://www.teachingenglish.org.uk http://www.teachingenglish.org.uk/try/activities/writing-activities <p> On these pages you will find ideas for classroom activities which involve writing. <p><a href="http://www.teachingenglish.org.uk/try/activities/writing-activities">read more</a></p> http://www.teachingenglish.org.uk/try/activities/writing-activities#comments Activities writing Thu, 01 Jan 1970 13:00:00 +0100 admin 621 at http://www.teachingenglish.org.uk http://www.teachingenglish.org.uk/try/activities/eliciting-vocabulary-writing-narratives This is an idea to help students with their writing of narratives. It gives all the students some essential (and some superfluous) vocabulary. <p><a href="http://www.teachingenglish.org.uk/try/activities/eliciting-vocabulary-writing-narratives">read more</a></p> http://www.teachingenglish.org.uk/try/activities/eliciting-vocabulary-writing-narratives#comments Activities writing Thu, 01 Jan 1970 13:00:00 +0100 admin 639 at http://www.teachingenglish.org.uk http://www.teachingenglish.org.uk/try/activities/writing-through-reverse-reading Students often get muddled when writing a narrative because they concentrate too much on the plot of the story. As a result tenses and syntax suffer. <p><a href="http://www.teachingenglish.org.uk/try/activities/writing-through-reverse-reading">read more</a></p> http://www.teachingenglish.org.uk/try/activities/writing-through-reverse-reading#comments Activities writing Thu, 01 Jan 1970 13:00:00 +0100 admin 630 at http://www.teachingenglish.org.uk http://www.teachingenglish.org.uk/try/activities/songs-storytelling <p> I like using songs in the classroom as I know the students enjoy it a lot! This activity is really good and involves group work and the four main language skills. The students respond to music and write a story. <p><a href="http://www.teachingenglish.org.uk/try/activities/songs-storytelling">read more</a></p> http://www.teachingenglish.org.uk/try/activities/songs-storytelling#comments Activities writing Thu, 01 Jan 1970 13:00:00 +0100 admin 641 at http://www.teachingenglish.org.uk http://www.teachingenglish.org.uk/try/activities/role-play-writing <p> Writing can be much more motivating if you give the writer a chance to play a role. In this activity the students will have the chance to write to an imaginary romantic partner. <p><a href="http://www.teachingenglish.org.uk/try/activities/role-play-writing">read more</a></p> http://www.teachingenglish.org.uk/try/activities/role-play-writing#comments Activities writing Thu, 01 Jan 1970 13:00:00 +0100 admin 632 at http://www.teachingenglish.org.uk