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Writing activities

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On these pages you will find ideas for classroom activities which involve writing.

Author: 
Jo Budden

Writing activities

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  • Guided writing: Writing a story on the OHP
  • Guided writing: Writing an article using the OHP
  • Chat
  • A business letter
  • Writing consequences
  • Poems for the future
  • Writing through 'reverse reading'
  • Postcards
  • Role-play writing
  • Creating a framework for writing
  • A perfect story
  • Note writing
  • A creative writing activity: A dark and stormy night
  • Eliciting vocabulary before writing narratives
  • Improving paragraph writing
  • Songs and storytelling
  • Freeze the writing - A way to make writing tasks a group activity
  • Helping students organise argument essays
Language level
Language Level: 
Beginner: A1

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