Interesting and fun writing activities.

Fun and interesting  writing activities.

Sometimes students can be a reluctant to write something in class. It shouldn’t be a problem because there are different activities to make students write enthusiastically.  Teachers can be able to have Ss interested in writing using the following activities…

1^st- Variations on a theme. For this activity, T needs 10 different pictures that are not quite different in theme. They can be pictures e.g. of only landscapes but in different places. Then T needs to put them on the wall or board so that everyone can see them. Ss have to pick one of the pictures and write a description of it on a piece of paper. T has to give Ss limited amount of time. When Ss are finished, T write letter (a, b, c,…) on the pictures and number on the descriptions (1, 2, 3,…). Finally Ss have to match them (the descriptions with the pictures).  To make it even more engaging, T can give a prize to the S who watches correctly (like a competition).Nobody wants to lose…

2^nd- How to get to my house. For the next activity, the teacher needs to prepare a map of a town. T has to name some of the buildings. This map has to have a railway station. T then photocopies as many maps as the number of Ss in the classroom. T has to make sure that each map has a different building on each map. Then T assigns each Student a partner to whom this student will write. After that, T tells her that she she/he has to write a letter to his partner how to get het/his home from the railway station. T tell him/her that her house is the marked building. When Ss Finish to write their letters, they send them to their partners. And their partners have to find the building based on their description that they received. Finally, T has to ask them to compare their maps for checking.

3^rd-Which picture is it about?. For this activity, T has to give each student a picture about any topic. Then, they have to write a sentence describing their pictures. It shouldn’t be very easy to discover which picture the sentence is describing. When they finish writing the sentences, they have to give their picture to their partner next to them. By doing this, all the Ss will write a sentence about all the pictures. T waits until everybody finishes writing the description about each picture. Then, T puts all the pictures on the board and the each student has to read his/her sentence. The others have to try to guess which picture he/ she is describing. In case they are not able to guess which picture he is describing , he wins a point. This activity can also be helpful to teach grammar. T can ask Ss to use certain grammar in the sentences.