Session teaching writing in english lesso

5. Demo activity analysis

Objective: to analyse writing task

Time: 20 min

Materials: Handout 2

Interaction: individual, pair work, whole group Procedure:

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 Say that they are teachers now. Ask them to think about the activity as
teachers and answer the following questions.

1. How many main stages were there?

2. What did you do before writing? What did you do after writing?

3. How are the stages called?

Answer key:

1) Three main stages.

2) They asked each other questions before writing, after writing they read each other works and completed the task.

3) Pre-writing, while-writing and post-writing.

 Put on the board the words: pre-writing, while-writing and post-writing.

 Ask teachers to work in pairs and think about the purpose(s) of each stage.

 Distribute Handout 2. Ask them to match stages with definitions and check their answers.

Answer key: 1e, 2a, 3b

Pre-writing tasks prepare for writing, arouse learners’ interest;

While-writing tasks draw on writing itself, help to communicate a message; Post-writing tasks encourage learners to relate writing to their own
life/experience, gives opportunities to express own ideas, views and/or do
something with the information they have got.

 Check the answers. Ask how close their answers were to the definitions

given.

 Ask teachers to work in pairs and answer the following questions.

o Was the writing task interesting for you?

o Do you think the task will be interesting for your pupils? If so, why?

o Was the task difficult? Why? Why not?