Post 24. Chain Writing

Building Writing Skill
Intermediate - Advanced
Class Work
To continue friends' writing

Class Activates
It must be difficult to have a well-organized essay or a good writing based on the genre by practicing this activity. It's just for fun.

Every student makes a mind map/brainstorming for the writing. Then, students write a topic sentence. Next, they pass their paper to a friend sitting next to them. They continue writing on their friend's paper by adding 1 sentence which must be suitable with the brainstorming/drafting provided by their friend. Before adding a sentence, they must read the previous sentence(s) well. They must use new learnt grammar and new vocabulary discussed before. The activity is continued until students finish their writings.

For a fast and fun activity, it can be used to write a story or for a creative writing. Students freely add a sentence to build a story without making a mind map first.

Comments

Narrow Definition

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Post 15. Story Starters

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