Writing Skills Print Email Share A variety of resources for teaching writing in the classroom, including a magazine project for elementary learners: One World Magazine. Students and teachers are often reluctant to spend time on writing in class, preferring instead to save writing for homework. This section provides lesson plans, ideas and downloadable materials to help you incorporate writing into classroom activities. The materials are appropriate for general English classes, for Exams classes, for EAP and for all types of English. Please write to the web editor if you have any suggestions for new content in this section. (Source: http://www.onestopenglish.com/skills/writing/ ) Suhanto Kastaredja Email: suhantokastaredja @yahoo.com Staf Pengajar Program Studi Pendidikan Bahasa Inggris FKIP Universitas PGRI Adi Buana Surabaya In this section One World Magazine Suhanto’s Collection __Page _1
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Writing Skills Print Email Share
A variety of resources for teaching writing in the classroom, including a magazine project for elementary learners: One World Magazine.
Students and teachers are often reluctant to spend time on writing in class, preferring instead to save writing for homework. This section provides lesson plans, ideas and downloadable materials to help you incorporate writing into classroom activities. The materials are appropriate for general English classes, for Exams classes, for EAP and for all types of English. Please write to the web editor if you have any suggestions for new content in this section.
Adrian Tennant presents a series of articles about teaching writing, including techniques and strategies, plus practical teaching tips.
Miscellaneous worksheets
An extensive selection of worksheets and lesson plans from Macmillan resources.
One World Magazine project Print Email Share
Twelve writing activities which are all part of a project to make a magazine called 'One World'.
These writing activities are all part of a project to make a magazine called 'One World'. Each activity makes one page so that at the end of the project students have written all their own pages using the worksheets provided. Activities include an editorial, writing problem letters, designing an advert and writing a feature. There is also a sports page, review page and quizzes.
Each set of writing tasks, however, can also be done as an individual, one-off activity (except for the Editorial and Cover and Contents pages). The tasks are designed as class work for elementary students and are integrated with other skills. They are suitable for both adults and young learners.
All of these materials are prepared by Jackie McAvoy, a former winner of our Lesson Share competition.
Inside One World Magazine
One World 01: An interview
Author: Jackie McAvoy Level: Elementary
Students write an article about the life of a famous person.
One World 02: Where am I?
Author: Jackie McAvoy Level: Elementary
Where am I? - students write about a place they know.
Students write a selection of quizzes and puzzles.
One World 12: The editorial
Author: Jackie McAvoy Level: Elementary
Students write an editorial based on the written pages they have already done in class.
Writing skills lesson plans Print Email Share
A brilliant bank of writing lesson plans, worksheets and teaching ideas from our expert authors.
Resources for teaching writing in the classroom. These lesson plans and materials are appropriate for general English classes, for Exams classes, for EAP and for all types of English.
To enable students to break down the different features of formal and informal English by working through a step-by-step text transformation at their own pace.
Writing skills: Thinking about writing
Author: Adrian Tennant Level: Intermediate, Upper intermediate Type: Teaching notes
This lesson looks at a few techniques for ‘thinking’ about writing. There are 3 tasks: brainstorming, loop writing and speed writing.
Writing: A class or company newsletter
Author: Karen Richardson Type: General lesson plan
In this lesson by Karen Richardson, students work collaboratively to produce a class newsletter.
Writing matters Print Email Share
Adrian Tennant presents a series of articles about teaching writing, including techniques and strategies, plus practical teaching tips.
Inside Writing matters
Writing matters: Planning, drafting and editing
Author: Adrian Tennant Type: Article
Writing is a process. Good writers plan what they will write, come up with ideas, draft, revise and edit. Students don’t! This article will give some practical ideas for how students can be taught to become good writers.
Writing matters: Types of writing: Short texts
Author: Adrian Tennant Type: Article
In the first of two articles on types of writing, Adrian Tennant focuses on short texts such as messages, notes, instructions and notices. Although these kinds of text are read and written on a regular basis, they are often neglected despite being extremely common in everyday life.
Writing matters: Creative writing
Author: Adrian Tennant Type: Article
This is the fourth article looking at writing. In this article we take a look at what is meant by creative writing and why it can be a useful tool in helping improve our students’ writing skills and overall level of English.
Writing matters: Developing accuracy
Author: Adrian Tennant Type: Article
Accuracy in written work is important, but how can we help our students to become accurate writers? In this article, Adrian Tennant tries to answer these questions and provides some practical activities that focus on accuracy.
Most teachers have heard of fluency in terms of speaking, but what does it mean when applied to writing? In this article we examine the concept of fluency in writing.
Writing matters: Getting started
Author: Adrian Tennant Type: Article
This is the first in a series of articles by Adrian Tennant looking at various aspects of teaching writing. The first article takes a look at getting started with writing practice and examines why students often find writing difficult.
An extensive selection of worksheets and lesson plans from Macmillan resources.
Pages in this section
Habits
Author: Sue Kay and Simon Greenall Level: Elementary Type: Worksheet
An American English worksheet to write about habits and routines and to find people in the class with the same habits and routines.
Spot the similarities
Author: Sue Kay and Simon Greenall Level: Elementary Type: Worksheet
An American English worksheet to find similarities between two different pictures by asking and answering questions. To write brief descriptions of the pictures.
Author: Sue Kay and Simon Greenall Level: Pre-intermediate Type: Worksheet
An American English worksheet to create a story by inventing answers to questions and writing them down.
A holiday to remember
Author: Sue Kay Level: Pre-intermediate Type: Worksheet
A British English worksheet to describe a holiday using pictures and to collect information and fill in a chart about other students' holidays.
Battleships
Author: Sue Kay and Simon Greenall Level: Starter/beginner Type: Worksheet
A British English worksheet to find hidden words or sentences by naming numbered squares on a grid.
Names and numbers
Author: Sue Kay and Simon Greenall Level: Starter/beginner Type: Worksheet
A British English worksheet to write names and numbers and to guess what your partner's names and numbers mean.
Yes/no game
Author: Sue Kay and Simon Greenall Level: Starter/beginner Type: Worksheet
A British English worksheet to write information about people and to ask and answer questions in order to guess who the people are.
Dream destinations
Author: Sue Kay and Simon Greenall Level: Advanced Type: Worksheet
An American English worksheet to find the person who has the other half of your picture by describing your own picture. To write a description of a place.
Landscapes
Author: Sue Kay and Simon Greenall Level: Advanced Type: Worksheet
Author: Sue Kay Level: Upper intermediate Type: Worksheet
A British English worksheet to find the person who has the other half of your picture by describing your own picture. To write a description of a place.
Landscapes
Author: Sue Kay Level: Upper intermediate Type: Worksheet
A British English worksheet to write a description of a picture. To listen to the description of a picture and draw it.
Encounters of a spooky kind
Author: Sue Kay and Simon Greenall Level: Advanced Type: Worksheet
An American English worksheet to dictate part of a story and to write down what your partner dictates to you.
Something strange happened on the way to…
Author: Sue Kay and Simon Greenall Level: Advanced Type: Worksheet
An American English worksheet to create a story by inventing answers to questions and writing them down.
What are you like?
Author: Sue Kay and Simon Greenall Level: Elementary Type: Worksheet
A British English worksheet to write a description of a person.
What shall we do?
Author: Sue Kay and Simon Greenall Level: Elementary Type: Worksheet
A British English worksheet to speak to as many partners as possible, asking for and making suggestions.
What's wrong?
Author: Susan Banman Sileci and Ana Maria Cuder Level: Elementary Type: Worksheet
An American English worksheet to write affirmative and negative sentences with there is/there are + a, an, some, any.
Author: Sue Kay and Simon Greenall Level: Intermediate Type: Worksheet
An American English worksheet to interview a partner about his or her fictitious life and to complete a magazine article based on the information obtained.
Where's the English Language Institute?
Author: Sue Kay and Simon Greenall Level: Pre-intermediate Type: Worksheet
An American English worksheet to follow directions and to fill in details on a map.
Horoscope consequences
Author: Sue Kay and Simon Greenall Level: Pre-intermediate Type: Worksheet
An American English worksheet to create an imaginary horoscope by writing predictions.
Where's the Park School of English?
Author: Sue Kay Level: Pre-intermediate Type: Worksheet
A British English worksheet to follow directions and to fill in details on a map.
Everything we know
Author: Sue Kay and Simon Greenall Level: Starter/beginner Type: Worksheet
A British English worksheet to play a board game by giving personal information about one another.
True or false?
Author: Sue Kay and Simon Greenall Level: Starter/beginner Type: Worksheet
A British English worksheet to write true and false sentences about likes and dislikes and to guess a partner's true and false sentences.
Descriptions
Author: Sue Kay Level: Upper intermediate Type: Worksheet
A British English worksheet to write a description of a place or a person using given words and expressions.
Encounters of a spooky kind
Author: Sue Kay Level: Upper intermediate Type: Worksheet
A British English worksheet to dictate part of a story and to write down what your partner dictates to you.
Something strange happened on the way to…
Author: Sue Kay Level: Upper intermediate Type: Worksheet
A British English worksheet to create a story by inventing answers to questions and writing them down.
Descriptions
Author: Sue Kay and Simon Greenall Level: Advanced Type: Worksheet
An American English worksheet to write a description of a place or person using given words and expressions.
Life changes
Author: Sue Kay and Simon Greenall Level: Advanced Type: Worksheet
An American English worksheet to guess what has happened to change people's lives by listening to sentences about their past life and how they are coping with the new situation.
What are you like?
Author: Sue Kay and Simon Greenall Level: Elementary Type: Worksheet
An American English worksheet to write a description of a person.
What shall we do?
Author: Sue Kay and Simon Greenall Level: Elementary Type: Worksheet
An American English worksheet to speak to as many partners as possible, asking for and making suggestions.
Predict your future
Author: Sue Kay and Simon Greenall Level: Intermediate Type: Worksheet
Author: Sue Kay Level: Upper intermediate Type: Worksheet
A British English worksheet to guess what has happened to change people's lives by listening to sentences about their past life and how they are coping with the new situation.
Anything's possible
Author: Sue Kay and Simon Greenall Level: Advanced Type: Worksheet
An American English worksheet to complete some sentences as if you were your partner.
Useful objects crossword
Author: Sue Kay and Simon Greenall Level: Advanced Type: Worksheet
An American English worksheet to write clues for a crossword and to complete it.
Animal instinct
Author: Sue Kay and Simon Greenall Level: Intermediate Type: Worksheet
An American English worksheet to pretend you are an animal and to give personal information as if you were that animal. To guess what animals other people are pretending to be.
Movie review
Author: Sue Kay and Simon Greenall Level: Intermediate Type: Worksheet
An American English worksheet to write movie reviews of imaginary movies by looking at pictures which could be movie posters.
Animal instinct
Author: Sue Kay Level: Intermediate Type: Worksheet
A British English worksheet to pretend you are an animal and to give personal information as if you were that animal. To guess what animals other people are pretending to be.
Film review
Author: Sue Kay Level: Intermediate Type: Worksheet
A British English worksheet to write film reviews of imaginary films by looking at picture which could be film posters.
Author: Sue Kay and Simon Greenall Level: Starter/beginner Type: Worksheet
A British English worksheet to play a game of dominoes by matching quantity and container words with food and drink.
Anything's possible
Author: Sue Kay Level: Upper intermediate Type: Worksheet
A British English worksheet to complete some sentences as if you were your partner.
Useful objects crossword
Author: Sue Kay Level: Upper intermediate Type: Worksheet
A British English worksheet to write clues for a crossword and to complete it.
Getting to know you
Author: Simon Williams Level: Intermediate Type: Worksheet
To practice asking and answering personal information questions.
Spot the similarities
Author: Sue Kay Level: Pre-intermediate Type: Worksheet
A British English worksheet to find similarities between two different pictures by asking and answering questions. To write brief descriptions of the pictures.
Class list
Author: Sue Kay and Simon Greenall Level: Starter/beginner Type: Worksheet
A British English worksheet to complete a chart by asking about jobs and names.
What have we got in common?
Author: Sue Kay Level: Upper intermediate Type: Worksheet
To write personal details and to find people in the class with the same information.
Author: Sue Kay and Simon Greenall Level: Advanced Type: Worksheet
An American English worksheet to write a character profile for a person and match it to a picture of a person.
Whose life is it?
Author: Sue Kay and Simon Greenall Level: Advanced Type: Worksheet
An American English worksheet to fill in a questionnaire anonymously. To read questionnaires completed by other members of the class and to guess who wrote them.
When and what?
Author: Sue Kay and Simon Greenall Level: Elementary Type: Worksheet
An American English worksheet to ask and answer questions about daily routines.
Habits
Author: Sue Kay and Simon Greenall Level: Elementary Type: Worksheet
A British English worksheet to write about habits and routines and to find people in the class with the same habits and routines.
A romantic meeting
Author: Sue Kay Level: Pre-intermediate Type: Worksheet
A British English worksheet to create a story by inventing answers to questions and writing them down.
Sentences in a hat
Author: Sue Kay Level: Pre-intermediate Type: Worksheet
A British English worksheet to write sentences describing routine activities. To pick sentences out of a hat and find out who wrote them by asking questions.
We aren't British
Author: Sue Kay and Simon Greenall Level: Starter/beginner Type: Worksheet
A British English worksheet to write sentences about things the students have in common and then to play a matching game.
Author: Sue Kay and Simon Greenall Level: Starter/beginner Type: Worksheet
A British English worksheet to write about favourite things and to find people in the class with the same favourite things.
They're neighbours
Author: Sue Kay and Simon Greenall Level: Starter/beginner Type: Worksheet
A British English worksheet to write sentences about pictures and then to play a matching game.
Secret identities
Author: Sue Kay and Simon Greenall Level: Starter/beginner Type: Worksheet
A British English worksheet to write the names of famous people using numbers in place of letters of the alphabet. To work out names according to a code by doing a running dictation.
Lifestyle profiles
Author: Sue Kay Level: Upper intermediate Type: Worksheet
A British English worksheet to write a character profile for a person and match it to a picture of a person.
Whose life is it?
Author: Sue Kay Level: Upper intermediate Type: Worksheet
A British English worksheet to fill in a questionnaire anonymously. To read questionnaires completed by other members of the class and to guess who wrote them.
Sentences in a hat
Author: Sue Kay and Simon Greenall Level: Pre-intermediate Type: Worksheet
An American English worksheet to write sentences describing routine activities. To pick sentences out of a hat and find out who wrote them by asking questions.
Round the world in ten minutes
Author: Sue Kay Level: Intermediate Type: Worksheet
An American English worksheet to play a game in teams, guessing correct definitions, and writing false definitions for words.
My kind of people
Author: Sue Kay and Simon Greenall Level: Advanced Type: Worksheet
An American English worksheet to write sentences about people, places, and times.
Have you ever …?
Author: Sue Kay and Simon Greenall Level: Elementary Type: Worksheet
An American English worksheet to play a game by asking and answering questions about experiences.
Guess the place
Author: Sue Kay and Simon Greenall Level: Elementary Type: Worksheet
An American English worksheet to write down what you can and can't do in places, and to guess what the places are by reading the rules.
Think of a word
Author: Sue Kay and Simon Greenall Level: Elementary Type: Worksheet
An American English worksheet to play a game by finding words in given categories.
If I had the chance
Author: Sue Kay and Simon Greenall Level: Intermediate Type: Worksheet
An American English worksheet to write about and discuss what you would do if you were in different positions of authority.
A day in my town
Author: Sue Kay and Simon Greenall Level: Intermediate Type: Worksheet
An American English worksheet to plan a day in the place where you live and write a letter explaining the plan to a foreign friend who is coming to visit you for a day.
Predictogram
Author: Sue Kay and Simon Greenall Level: Elementary Type: Worksheet
A British English worksheet to play a game by writing and reading out predictions.
Author: Sue Kay and Simon Greenall Level: Elementary Type: Worksheet
A British English worksheet to talk about the way people do everyday activities and to guess what the activites are.
Crossword worksheet progress check
Author: Sue Kay and Simon Greenall Level: Elementary Type: Worksheet
A British English worksheet to write clues for a crossword and to complete it.
If I had the chance
Author: Sue Kay Level: Intermediate Type: Worksheet
A British English worksheet to write about and discuss what you would do if you were in different positions of authority.
A day in my town
Author: Sue Kay Level: Intermediate Type: Worksheet
A British English worksheet to plan a day in the place where you live and write a letter explaining the plan to a foreign friend who is coming to visit you for a day.
Permission to lie
Author: Sue Kay Level: Upper intermediate Type: Worksheet
A British English worksheet to play a game in teams, guessing correct definitions, and writing false definitions for words.
My kind of people
Author: Sue Kay Level: Upper intermediate Type: Worksheet
A British English worksheet to write sentences about people, places, and times.
Crossword
Author: Sue Kay and Simon Greenall Level: Elementary Type: Worksheet
An American English worksheet to write clues for a crossword and to complete it.
Author: Susan Banman Sileci and Ana Maria Cuder Level: Elementary Type: Worksheet
An American English worksheet to recycle the present simple, past simple and future with going to.
Questions in a hat
Author: Susan Banman Sileci and Ana Maria Cuder Level: Pre-intermediate Type: Worksheet
An American English worksheet to practice the use of the modal auxiliary will to make predictions.
A + B = C
Author: Doug Case Level: Elementary Type: Worksheet
A British English worksheet to write the words under the pictures.
Mistakes at the airport
Author: Doug Case Level: Elementary Type: Worksheet
A British English worksheet: In each of the signs, there is a spelling mistake (an extra letter). For each one, correct the mistake and put the extra letter in the small square.
Famous dates
Author: Doug Case Level: Elementary Type: Worksheet
A British English worksheet: With the help of the pictures, put the dates beside the correct letters.
Elvis's greatest hits
Author: Doug Case Level: Elementary Type: Worksheet
A British English worksheet: In this puzzle there are ten Elvis songs. The title of each song is two words. Assemble these seven titles and write them with the correct pictures.
Longer, shorter, longer …
Author: Doug Case Level: Elementary Type: Worksheet
A British English worksheet to write the words in the grid. Each word is one letter shorter or longer than the last.
Author: Doug Case Level: Pre-intermediate Type: Worksheet
A British English worksheet to find six types of film. Write them under the correct pictures.
Find the middles
Author: Doug Case Level: Pre-intermediate Type: Worksheet
A British English worksheet: In each group in the grid, all three words need the same two (or three) letters in the middle. Decide what the letters are and write them in.
Heavy syllables
Author: Doug Case Level: Pre-intermediate Type: Worksheet
A British English worksheet to read the words aloud, then write them in the correct gaps depending on their stress pattern.
Special sentences
Author: Doug Case Level: Pre-intermediate Type: Worksheet
A British English worksheet to discover why each of the nine sentences is special.
Words into numbers
Author: Doug Case Level: Pre-intermediate Type: Worksheet
A British English worksheet: In this puzzle, the clues are the areas of countries. Read the words and put the numbers into the grid.
Close the shutters
Author: Doug Case Level: Intermediate Type: Worksheet
A British English worksheet to replace the shutters on the eight windows so that you can read four proverbs and the first lines of four songs.
Folded twice
Author: Doug Case Level: Intermediate Type: Worksheet
A British English worksheet to discover what is written on the folded pieces of paper by putting the correct front and back views together.
Author: Sue Kay and Simon Greenall Level: Pre-intermediate Type: Worksheet
An American English worksheet to find similarities between two different pictures by asking and answering questions. To write brief descriptions of the pictures.
When and what?
Author: Sue Kay and Simon Greenall Level: Elementary Type: Worksheet
A British English worksheet to ask and answer questions about daily routines.