Writing

Writing

• Paragraph writing• Essay writing• Letter writing

Paragraph writing•What a paragraph is•Points to be considered•Writing a paragraph based on

given prompts

Step 1: What a paragraph is

• a group of sentences that develops one central point

• includes topic sentence and supporting details

Step 2: Points to be considered• Articles• Prepositions• Tense• Singular and plural form of the verb• Active and passive• Pronouns• Punctuation • Connectives

Step 3: Writing a paragraph based on given prompts • Ask students to read prompts given • Elicit their ideas about writing this

paragraph• Ask them to write the first draft• Ask them to check grammar,

spelling and punctuation• Give feedback• Ask them to write a fair copy

Essay Writing• What an essay is• Building an outline• Points to be considered for writing

an essay• Discussion on given prompts

Essay Writing• Discussion on tenses and

sentence patterns to use• Writing the first draft• Giving feedback• Writing a fair copy

What an essay is• A relatively short composition in

prose, in which a writer discusses a topic or tries to persuade the reader to accept a particular point of view

Building an outline1. Think carefully about what is to be

written2. Collect facts related to the topic3. Write down using own ideas4. Choose the main idea of the

paragraph or the essay5. Organize the facts and ideas in a

way that develops the main idea

Points to be considered• Three main parts:

- introductory paragraph (introduction of the main idea of the essay)- supporting paragraph (the main body of the essay)- summary paragraph (conclusion)

Points to be considered• Make sure that students follow the

correct paragraph format• Ask students to write clear and simple

sentences to express their meaning• Ask students to focus on the main idea

of the essay• Ask students to use special transition

words or connectives to link sentences together (teacher should provide them)

Points to be consideredExamples of transition words • For listing different points:

first, second, third• For additional ideas:

in addition to, furthermore, also• For contrasting ideas:

on the other hand, nevertheless• For expressing cause and effect:

thus, therefore, so, as a result

Points to be considered• How to write the introductory

paragraph- write the thesis statement- provide some background information about topic (interesting facts, quotations, definitions of important terms they will use later in the essay)

Points to be considered• How to write the supporting

paragraph- list the points that develop the main idea of the essay- place the supporting points in the paragraph- develop each supporting point with facts, details and examples

Points to be considered• How to write the summary

paragraph- restate the strongest points of the essay that support the main idea- conclude the essay by restating the main idea in different words- give personal opinion

Points to be considered• Editing

- Read the essay again- Check spelling, grammar, punctuation and organization- Make sure that each sentence

makes sense and that the essay is interesting

Discussion on given prompts• Read the points given• Discuss the points to be written

Discussion on tenses and sentence patterns to use

• Think about the tense for the topice.g. My Favourite Season

(Simple present tense; modal verbs: can, may)

• Discuss the sentence patterns for the essay(students should use the sentence patterns they have learnt in the Grammar section)

Writing the first draft• When they have the necessary

vocabularies, sentence patterns and points for the organization, students can write the first draft

• Focus on organization and punctuation, grammatical errors, spelling, etc.

Giving feedback• Teacher writes one sample copy

on the board, pointing out the organization, punctuation, grammatical errors, spelling, etc.

Letter writing

• Explain what a friendly letter is• Discuss format of a personal letter• Ask students to read the given

situation• Provide useful expressions for

beginning and finishing the letter• Ask students to write the first draft• Give feedback

What a friendly letter is• A letter to a person you are

familiar with

Format of a personal letter• The heading

(address and date)• The greeting

(beginning with the word “dear” and ending with a comma and using the person’s given name or relationship)

• The body (the main the including the message they want to write)

Format of a personal letter• The leave taking

(short expression on a single line, ending with a comma)

• The signature (the name of the addresser)

Reading the given situation• Ask students to read the given

situation• Elicit from students who the

writer and the receiver of the letter are

• Elicit the main messagee.g. spending summer holidays

Reading the given situation• Discuss with students the ways

to spend summer holidayse.g. - visiting resort areas

- attending language classes or - computer classes or sport classes

- helping father and mother in their work

Providing useful expressionsExampleBeginning the letter

I hope you are keeping well.I hope this letter finds you well

Finishing the letterLet me stop my letter here.I’ll stop my letter here as I have to do my homework.

Writing the first draft• Ask students to focus on only the

content• Ask students to focus on

organization and punctuation, grammatical errors, spelling, etc.

Giving feedback• Teacher writes on sample copy

on the board, pointing out the organization, punctuation, grammatical errors, spelling, etc.