1. Presenter: Tyson Seburn Copyright ENGLISH CENTRAL, 2009. This work is the intellectual property of the author. Permission is granted for this material to be shared for non-commercial, educational purposes, provided that this copyright statement appears on the reproduced materials and notice is given that the copying is by permission of the author. To disseminate otherwise or to republish requires written permission from the author.

2. Blue / Red / Pink What is the task? What is the aim of the task? How do you feel the effectiveness this task overall? (ie. goods vs bads)

3. Identify symptoms of boring writing tasks Give suggestions for making activities more engaging for students Literacy, Beginner, Intermediate, Academic Give you time to collaborate with your colleagues about these suggestions Look at your suggestions

5. Just Reading & Writing: Pre-Intermediate, Marshall-Cavendish

6. 1.Students aren’t involved enough in task set-up. 2.Writing skills are often simply told to students. 3.Students don’t practice writing in meaningful ways. Use student generated content.

7. Create an online survey with SurveyMonkey.com

9. Words at Work, Cambridge University Press

10. 1.Students aren’t involved enough in task set-up. 2.Writing skills are often simply told to students. 3.Students don’t practice writing in meaningful ways. a. Try guided discovery tasks. Use student generated content.

11. Just Reading & Writing: Pre-Intermediate, Marshall-Cavendish

12. Transferable Academic Skills Kit, Garnet Education

13. Just Reading & Writing: Elementary, Marshall-Cavendish

14. 1.Students aren’t involved enough in task set-up. 2.Writing skills are often simply told to students. 3.Students don’t practice writing in meaningful ways. a. Try guided discovery tasks. b. Implement principles of task-based learning. Use student generated content.

15. Just Reading & Writing: Elementary, Marshall-Cavendish

17. 1.Students aren’t involved enough in task set-up. 2.Writing skills are often simply told to students. 3.Students don’t practice writing in meaningful ways. a. Try guided discovery tasks. b. Implement principles of task-based learning. Create personalized extension activities. Use student generated content.

18. http://www.fontcapture.com

19. Just Reading & Writing: Elementary, Marshall-Cavendish

23. 1.Students aren’t involved enough in task set-up. 2.Writing skills are often simply told to students. 3.Students don’t practice writing in meaningful ways. a. Try guided discovery tasks. b. Implement principles of task-based learning. Create personalized extension activities. Use student generated content.

24. Take the earlier tasks. Collaborate with a few others. a.Is it an engaging writing activity or not? b.Can the task be modified to be more engaging?

25. Peer editing Self-reflection Any other suggestions?

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