Pass the Paper
Objective: To help students generate ideas for their composition in the drafting phase; to practice recently learned grammar structures
Rationale: Many students have problems thinking of what to write about. This activity helps build up ideas for them to choose from.
Steps:
- Ask your students to find a piece of paper and to write their name on the top right-hand corner.
- Have them draw a box in the middle of the paper and put the title of the composition in the box.
- Explain to your students that they are going to pass their paper to the person on their left. Each time they receive a sheet of paper, they should write a question on the paper about the subject of the composition. Then pass it on to their left again.
- Have students do this until there are at least five questions on the paper. Then have them collect their own sheet.
- When students have gotten their paper back, ask them to number the questions in the order in which they would like to answer them. Students then write the composition.
- After the compositions are written, have students share them with their classmates.
Example: The following example is for New Interchange 1, Unit 7: "We Had a Great Time!"
EXAMPLE OF STUDENT'S COMPLETED SHEET:
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Adaptation: This activity can be used for most Writing exercises in New Interchange.
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