Intermediate writing in James Abela

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WritingWriting is one of themost challenging aspects of English to teach, partly because manystudents have not been taught all the skills that they need in theirfirst language and partly because many students are unenthusiasticabout the subject. I've run a large number of workshops for writing andI thought it was about time I shared some of my materials and linked tothe best of the rest.
Resources on this WebsiteLecture Notes

• WritingStories (530KB PDF)
  This is day 1 of a 2 day workshop on creative writing.
• Argumentative Writing(575KB PDF)
  This is day 2 of a workshop on creative writing.
• WritingLetters and Emails (384KB PDF)
  This is day 1 of a workshop for secondary school children. (Day 2 is aless detailed version of writing stories.)
  

Handouts

• HowTo Write a Compare and Contrast Essay (107KB PDF)
  Guideto writing Compare and Contrast Essays with Introductions,brainstorming techniques, body styles, conclusions and key vocabulary.
• Compare and Contrast sentence structures (40KB PDF)
  This can be used as a handout with example sentences or cut up into amatching exercise. The vocabulary in use is based around an ICTproject, so only use with fairly tech savvy students.
• Detailed guide to writing introductions (108KB PDF)
    This guide shows you how to write introductions when in an exam                  such as IELTs and when doing an assignment.
• How to Write a Conclusion (86KB PDF)
    Step by step guide to writing a simple conclusion
• Assignment Checklist (48KB PDF)
  A simple checklist to ensure that students cover the basics. You canuse this file directly or use it as an inspiration for your own list.
• Top25 Moments of 2007 (202KB PDF)
  This is a good opportunity for students to describe pictures and writetheir own reflections on the year. Also useful for IELTs students,because it has an IELTs Task 2 Writing.
• SampleComparative Review Outlines (39KB PDF)
  A handout with sample comparative review outlines to give students aguide when writing them.
• WritingStories Handout (63KB PDF)
  A handout that explains the basics of writing a good story
• WritingArgumentative Essays Handout (27KB PDF)
  A handout that explains the basics of writing argumentative essays.
• TV VsBooks (50KB PDF)
  A compare and contrast sample essay with guidance to show thestructure. Also includes exercise for error correction of articles andsubject/verb agreement and the form of the verbs for reference.
• GettingTo Know You Survey (53KB PDF)
  A simple survey to encourage students to get to know each other. Alsousefulfor creative writing sessions.
• ExampleArgumentative Essay - Dogs Vs Cats (69KB PDF)
  An outrageously biased essay that shows how to do a very simpleargumentative piece.
• DiaryExample (52KB PDF)
  An example of a diary with template to make diary writing easier.
• WhyWrite Letters? (120KB PDF)
  This handout encourages students to write letters with exercisesexplaining their relevance and topics that they can write about.
• Readership Analysis (202KB Zipped PDFs)
  Exercise to encourage to trainees to analyse the readership ofmagazines, so that they can think about the audience that they arewriting for.
  

Other Useful Pages

• Factual Writing
  Check out our book on Factual Writing
• Mindmaps
    How to use mindmaps effectively
• GuidedWriting exercises
  These guided wriitng exercises assist students to write a number ofcommon business documents
• ArgumentativeWritingHow to write an argumentative essay