TEACHING WRITING
-Shape of a writing lesson
-Techniques for while (controlled) writing
(Adopted from English Language Teaching Methodology-
BA upgrading course-The Ministry of Education & Training -2003)
Shape of a writing lesson
Revision Word Cue Drill
Pre-Writing Stage - Establishing who, what, why…..
- Making use of words, structures
needed for the writing task
- Drafting & Redrafting
While-Writing Stage - Performing the writing
Post-Writing Stage - Sharing & Comparing
- Feedback & correction
Techniques for while –
(controlled) writing
1. Substitution boxes
2. Transformation writing
3. Questions and answers
4. Write - it – up
5. Recall
1. Substitution boxes
The teacher puts a box full of words on the board.
The words fit together to either make one long
sentence or lots of short sentences. The class is
divided into strong groups and weak groups. The
strong groups write down one long sentence
while the weak ones write down as many different
short sentences as possible. For stronger groups,
the sentence with the most words in the given
time is the winner. For weaker groups, the group
with the most sentences is the winner.
2. Transformation writing
The teacher gives the students handouts with a
short paragraph or a letter. The students
rewrite the paragraph or letter as required by the
teacher. The teacher can change information in
the paragraph in three different ways: change the
grammar (e.g. from the future to the past or from ‘I’
to ‘he’); change the facts (e.g. from England to
Vietnam); change the meaning (e.g. from ‘sad’ to
‘happy’).