Task

The following four-step activity uses integrated skills to prepare students to complete a writing task:

1.  Students speak in class about the topic/ rubric to generate some interest and come up with some ideas for the piece of writing. Students ask related questions in pairs or groups.

2.  Students read two different texts on a related topic in pairs, and make notes to summarise the texts and then discuss their main points.

3.  Guided writing at the sentence level: a) students focus on using logical linking words to construct sentences, by putting words (e.g. because,?however, ?resulted in,? due to, ?in addition,? despite,?not only....but also, ?such as,? for example,? as well as) into correct categories (e.g. giving an example, adding a point, expressing contrast, expressing cause/ result); b) students complete sentences containing only headers using their own ideas and link them using the words/ phrases from a).

4.  Guided writing at the text level: a) students briefly plan a response categorising ideas using keywords; b) Ss use a set section/ paragraph structure to write their ideas into.

Order this activity from beginning to end.

a) Students read, summarise, and discuss different related pieces of writing.

b) Students express their ideas with keywords.

c) Students finish incomplete sentences using linking words in concert with their own ideas.

d) In pairs or groups, students brainstorm ideas related to a rubric/ topic.

e) Students categorise cohesion words.

f) Students write their ideas into a set structure.

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