Using a video to motivate students for writing
Focus: to develop word consciousness, write a factual description, develop note-taking skills or write a report
Sharing news is important, but can be challenging if some students want to talk a lot and some don't have any news to share. You could use some of the following ideas from The Oral Language Book to support students with sharing their weekend/holiday highlights or lowlights, orally.
Using a video to motivate students for writing
Focus: to develop word consciousness, write a factual description, develop note-taking skills or write a report
Includes: a lesson plan and two prompts (for juniors and seniors)
Focus: creating hook sentences
Includes: two templates (for planning and writing) and a completed example
Focus: labelling and writing an explanation