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Tag Archives: writing
How long’s a piece of string?
Photo by Fleur Treurniet on Unsplash Here’s a quick classroom task for upper primary, secondary, teens or adults. I’ve found it appeals most to younger teens. Ask your class a question with “How long” e.g “How long does it take to digest a … Continue reading
100 words
Following on from the class I wrote about in the last post , I received this piece of homework from one of the students. I’ve added the photo as it’s one of my favourite beaches too – cows and all! TEXT: MY … Continue reading
Carnaval
It’s the Thursday before carnival weekend. Preparations are being made throughout the town. The lights are up, the burger and hot dog stalls are in place, there are fluorescent wigs and plastic hats fluttering in the wind in the cathedral … Continue reading
Posted in lesson ideas
Tagged lesson plan, mixed level, reading, teaching teenagers, writing
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Back to the drawing board
This is a very simple lesson outline that worked well for me. It grew out of a lesson plan prepared by a colleague for the team of teachers teaching supplementary skills classes in a local state school. For me it … Continue reading
Posted in reflecting on teaching, thoughts on teaching
Tagged challenge, less is more, lesson plan, reflection, teaching teenagers, writing
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An urban tale
… or the glass elevator This has been one of my favourite story-writing activities for a long, long time. My dad first introduced me to it – or the underlying technique – when I was running a creative writing option … Continue reading
Plan B
One of those days … You know the kind, where nothing really works! I had planned to use an infographic in class with my high school students. We’re coming towards the end of the course and I wanted to do … Continue reading
Questioning the question
This is a technique I’ve been using with my mixed level high school classes recently. The aim is to generate ideas before writing a composition using question words as prompts. It’s very simple, very basic, but so far has been … Continue reading
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Tagged lesson plan, mixed level, teaching teenagers, writing
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The dog ate it
This is a short post about a very simple afterthought that caught my class’s imagination. Last week I was running a workshop with some teachers at a school in Seville (a big thank you to Els and Enda for … Continue reading
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Tagged homework, lesson idea, students' texts, writing, writing game
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Early mornings
[Tick Tock by Kirstea at flickr – a creative commons image] This is my favourite lesson for giving a class a first taste of creative writing. It’s based on a technique used in workshops with writers writing in their L1. … Continue reading
Writing to learn
This post was inspired by Dave Dodgson in Ankara, Turkey, and his account of using dictogloss with young learners. I’m a big fan of dictogloss* (or dictocomp as Marisa Constantides calls it in a comment on the same blog post) … Continue reading
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Tagged dictogloss, lesson plan, writing
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