Guided writing

You may suggest your students:

1) underlining (grouping) a given letter or a letter combination for a certain sound or grammar item in words depicting the names of school things, animals, birds, colours, etc.;

2) copying only the correct sentence (students are given a picture with 3 sentences underneath. They have to choose which sentence describes the picture correctly and copy it out);

3) correcting the wrong sentences (students have to re-write sentences carrying false information in conjunction with pictures where necessary);

4)

Name_ play the guitar

Mary Yes

writing answers (filling in a questionnaire) to the questions which enable them to write a coherent paragraph and at the same time give them practice in grammar. E.g. Exercise 5. Look at the following example:

 

1) Now ask your friends and write down their answers:

Name	Mary
play the guitar
speak French
sail a boat
ride a bike
make coffee
play tennis

2) Now write some sentences about your friends in your exercise books.

The teacher may use substitution and transformation for guided writing. These activities allow for the formation of a large number of sentences:

· Substitution: Nick has a sister (Students are to use other words instead of

‘ sister’).

· Completion: - How many … are there in the room? – He did his job well

because… (Students are expected to fill in gaps with correspond-

ing words).

· Extension: Ann has brought some flowers (Students are expected to use

adjectives before ‘ flowers’ – beautiful, red, Chinese, violet, etc.).