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WRITING

WRITING A STORY [text to pictures] [type in]

Writing stories for some learners is difficult so this activity was designed to help with this process.
A series of pictures in a "pile" provide learners with a "structure" for a simple story.
If they only "type in" what they "see" in the picture a basic story could be created.

These activities are to develop the skills of "scene setting".

WRITING A STORY [to pictures] [story planning]

These activities are to develop the skills of "story planning".

WRITING A STORY [to random pictures] [story planning] [4]

The previous activities used the same pictures based around a story that takes place in space.
In this activity there are more pictures than are needed and a complete set of random topics which learners have to weave together to create a story.

WRITING AN EXPLANATION [to a picture] [typing in] [with tooltips]


WRITING AN EXPLANATION [to a picture] [typing in]

Using the "tooltips" coding this activity allows the "placing" of notes over a picture for learners the precis.
This combines a number of skills even if learners simply copy the text they are given.

WRITING AN EXPLANATION [to a picture] [with a calculator]

If the skill you wish to encourage is not specifically "writing" but "sentence creation", then this maybe for you.
A picture depicts a scene which they are familiar with [a habitat].
Below are a series of jumbled words which make up quite a complex sentence.
By clicking on the words in turn they can "type" a sentence into the display at the top.
There are many simple sentences which can be created from the words.

WRITING STORYBOARDS [typing in] [tooltips] [story]

Adding to the "Story Planned" section here are some other examples that can be used.
The first couple being fairy stories which learners will be familiar with and the second couple of historical figures.

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