Writing activities

1. Listen, repeat and trace the letter.

2. Choose a letter and fill it into the word.

3. Odd letter out.

4. Write letters in the correct order.

5. Draw and write.

6. Count and write.

7. Insert missed letters.

8. Match the examples with the rules of using capital letteres. Are the rules the same in your language?

9. Write sentences. Use the correct capital letters.

10. Match the English words to the punctuation marks.

11. Copy the conversation. Use the correct punctuation marks.

12. Join the parts of the sentences using linking words.

13. Correct the spelling/punctuation mistakes.

14. Play a spelling game.

15. Dictation. Running dictation (pupils run in turn to the blackbord to write words, sentences).

16. Peer-dictation (pupils write dictation in pairs).

17. Dictogloss (pupils make notes while listening to the teacher and then reconstruct the text in pairs).

18. Write the words in the correct order to make sentences.

19. Complete the sentences with the expressions from the box.

20. Write 5-6 questions to interview your friend about ….

21. Write a plan of the text.

22. Write down your answers to the questions.

23. Write a paragraph about …. Use the text about … /the writing guide to help you.

24. Disappearing text. The letter was damaged because of bad weather. Reconstruct it.

Exercise 1. What would you say in the following situations:

1. You are reading a dictation. All the students but one are listening to you. One student is writing. 2. You are going to dictate. 3. Students have just written a dictation. You want them to look at the papers again. 4. You don’t want your students to write in the margin. 5. You ask your students to correct Nick’s spelling. 6. You want to know the spelling of the word. 7. A student hasn’t written letter A in the word. 8. A student wrote the first word of a sentence with a small letter. 9. You are going to dictate the next paragraph. 10. There is an extra letter in a word.