Here is my best and practical writing activity list that can be used in even crowded classes;
1. Writing Bag: Write different subjects on colorful cards with a simple instructions how many sentences, grammar structure, conjuctions, phrases are supposed to be used in writing the text , then put them in a carton bag. Let your students choose one and write about it during a limited period. For feedback, read their passages and correct mistakes with a red pencil.
2. Expand the sentence until it blows: In this activity, The students think that writing is not such hard thing. They have difficulty in writing longer sentences due to thinking in their mother tounge before writing in English.
Write a sentence on board and want them to expand/make it longer as possible. and follow the path until they have learnt how to write longer sentences. look at the example please:
I went shopping with my mother. → This is a simple sentence written by the teacher. And the teacher wants the students expand this sentence without changing it by adding time,place,some adjectives,adverbs,conjuctions etc. Every one says a word,prep etc. And look at the expaned version of it.
I went shopping mall at 5th street with my lovely mother to buy gloves and scarfs yesterday evenning at 5.00 pm. but we came back quickly because my father got sick unexpectedly.
Say your students, Expand it until it blows, I mean you can exaggerate totally as long as you write longer sentences:)
That poster is a good example of writing longer sentences.
3. Dictation : This is the most effective way against misspelling punctuation mistakes. If you dictate ( they write what you are reading without seeing the text written on board or book) a paragraph everyday, they will learn how to write with correct forms of words and correct mistakes quickly after you show them the original.
