Writing
Upper-Intermediate level
Description
Materials
Main Aims
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To provide product writing practice of a free writing in the context of a story
Subsidiary Aims
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To provide fluency speaking practice in a discussion in the context of the story they wrote about
Procedure (34-48 minutes)
T asks students to work in pairs answering these questions: What kind of book do you like? What kind of endings do you like in a book? What is your favorite book and why do you like it? Teacher gives them 3 minutes to talk. T monitors.
Teacher says that they are going to listen to a story about Ben who is about to catch his friend wedding but something happens and students are going to find what happens. They will listen. If necessary teacher gives script so that students can understand better to write the end of the story. Check if they understood.
Teacher shows some conjunctions which may be useful for using while writing. T reflects them on the board using computer and ask if something they do not know. FB.
Teacher wants ss to write a paragraph about the ending. She ask following questions to think about: 1) What did Ben do? 2) Did he take the ticket and go to his friend's wedding?Or did he not take the ticket and ruin his best friend's wedding? They are supposed to write what Ben did, what he was thinking when he did it and what influenced his decision.
Teacher wants the students to stick their piece of writing around the wall but beforehand, teacher says they are going to check the writing of their partner. After everyone hang them, each student takes one and read it aloud and if necessary finds the mistakes and whole class correct it. Teacher interrupts if something is wrong. Whole class do the same thing.