Here you'll find our writing-specific activities, tips, theory and techniques resources.

Activities

My Window, My World

• Level: Beginner and above

• Age Group: Secondary or University

• e-Learning Mode: live or not

• # of Students: As many students as needed

Instructions:

This is a getting-to-know-you activity. Start by taking a photo of your regular workspace (preferably including the closest window and what you see out of it when you aren’t looking at the computer). Prepare a short written description of it. Post both the description and the photo to your discussion forum or class blog. Learners then do the same. You and the learners then read each other’s descriptions and comment on them.

Credit: emoderationskills

Questionnaire Dominoes

• Level: Beginner and above

• Age Group: Secondary or University

• e-Learning Mode: Non-live

• # of Students: As many students as needed

Instructions:

On a social media type platform (google classroom, padlet, whatsapp) where students can all post and see others posts, teacher starts with a simple questionnaire question. For example, "which kind of sauce is your favourite? A-Ketchup B-Soy sauce C-Spicy sauce. Any student may give their answer and then post their own question in response. Then the next student responds with their answer and posts a new question and so on. Teacher may stipulate a topic students are expected to stay within or a time frame by which all students should have answered. Questions could come right out of the coursebook, repetition is okay.

Credit: Teachenglish.org

Modified Post-lesson Reflection

• Level: all

• Age Group: Secondary or University

• e-Learning Mode: Non-live

• # of Students: As many students as needed

Instructions:

Although online teaching is different in many ways, traditional elements of lessons can still be useful for students to engage in. After a lesson is completed either by joining in a live class or completing material sent out earlier, a teacher might ask students to complete (and possibly submit) a reflection on their own learning. Possible forms of this are:

• completing some sentence prompts and texting them in- "I am glad we practiced..." "I need to practice... more"

• Filling in a personal shared doc with the teacher that includes language items that were new

• Posting on a classroom board or social media group in response to a prompt "I can remember ..."

Theory and Technique