Partner discussion activity
Focus: working in pairs to generate ideas or vocabulary on a topic
Short video clips can provide students with interesting ideas for writing.
Fireman saves kitten
Use the video clip to motivate students to create a short piece of writing about the resource.
Fireman saves kitten – Student exemplar writing
Students could use the exemplar to review the sequencing of events during their partner-checks.
Image by Ronshi Perera.
For more engaging writing ideas, see our on demand workshop, Generating ideas for writing.
Partner discussion activity
Focus: working in pairs to generate ideas or vocabulary on a topic
Includes: That’s a wrap template
Focus: writing
Includes: an anchor chart for early writers in Cook Island Māori
Focus: adding details to writing
