Questions for Discussion
•Look at the ceramic jar. What steps
would you need to go through to create
something like this from a lump of clay?
• How do you think this is similar to
writing an essay?
4.
Why Do WeWrite
Some Basic Knowledge
About Creative Writing
5.
Purpose
Communicate with eachother
Record information
Enhance oral development
Reinforce vocabulary and Language
structure
Present ideas, information and
feelings
Demonstrate ones creativity and
critical thinking
What do weneed to teach ?
Using the basic conventions of
English
Presenting Information Ideas
and feelings coherently
and
9.
Stages Of Writing
InPrimary School learners go
through four stages of writing to
develop their writing skill.
Copying
Guided writing
Controlled Writing
10.
Development of writingskills
through Task Based Activities
Have
Have
a context
a
purpose
Involve learners in thinking and doing
Learners draw up their own framework
of knowledge and skills.
Purposeful activities lead to a product.
11.
Approaches to writing
ParallelWriting
Modeled writing
Shared and Interactive Writing
Process Writing
Experiential Writing
Creative Writing …….etc
What Is CreativeWriting
Definition:
Creative Writing expresses the writers
thoughts and feeling in an imaginative
often unique and poetic way. Creative
writing is guided more by the writers
need to express feelings and ideas than
by the restrictive demands of factual
and logical progression of expository
writing
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What Is Creativity
Definitions:
Abilityto produce original ideas.
The result of a complex of
cognitive skills, abilities,
personality factors ,motivation
and strategies.
Teachers’ can developlearners
creativity by:
Choose Interesting topics.
Go beyond given information
Give time to think
Reward creative efforts
Value their creative attributes
Teach them creative thinking
17.
Conducive Environment for
developinglearners creativity
Provide challenges
Appreciate individuality
Encourage open discussion
Absence of conflicts
Allow time to think
Encourage confidence and willingness
to take risk
Activity Sheet
Three MinuteFast Write:
Write anything that you can
remember from the Hare and the
Tortoise.
1,2,3 ……...go !!!!!!!
20.
The Tortoise AndThe Hare
r
hare tortoise slow grass white lazy stupid clever Sunny
un competition sleep hot tired sad cry
surprised happy cry wake-up sunny unhappy sleep
Setting .
Who when where Event Problems Resolutions
Green tortoise
White rabbit
Grass hot sunny
Running
competition
Slow fast lazy
Stupid clever
sleep hot tired
work hard
a long time
Wake-up win
lose happy
unhappy
Surprised cry
Swimming
competition
Cant swim clever
Jump easy
proud find a
bridge enjoying
Arrive first
rest laugh
silly proud
Why Use FastWrite
A daily fluency exercise.
First thought on a starting point
are usually the most powerful and
original ones.
Helps students get started on an
assignment
Remember: at this stage accuracy is not
23.
Thematic Tree
Start witha theme
Reflect on the theme
Develop sub themes
Brainstorm relevant themes
24.
Theme : MyHouse
Rooms in my house
Things to put in each room
Things to do in each room
Now write aboutthe dream house
How many rooms do you want
Besides the living room, bedroom,
washroom, drawing room dining room
do you want any other rooms
What do you want to put in those
rooms.
What do you want to do in those
rooms
27.
Why Use ThematicTree
Encourages students to think
of different perspectives
builds students' flexibility
generates more idea
Helps students’ structure their
writing
28.
Multi-dimensional writing
Acar accident has occurred
injuring several people
Teachers and students discuss
how it could have been averted
Students imagine that they are
one of the following
characters and write an
account
1. Driver
2. Passenger
29.
Activity Sheet
Imagine youare the
Principal/Headmistress
Librarian
Head Girl/ Boy
Teachers.
Write about any one particular
30.
……Other Examples
You arePapa Bear. Write
rules for Goldie Locks to help
her become a better girl.
You are the King of the
forest. Write rules for
different animals to follow
Brainstorming andMind
Mapping
Put theword ‘Future’ on the board
Brainstorm words related to your
future
Now focus on your education family
and career
Group all the words under these
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Example Map
My futurefamily
Raise healthy,
happy
children
Stay close
to my
family
Make them
a priority
Education
work
Eventually
get a
PhD
Never stop
learning
Instill a love
of education
in my children
Learn to love
whatever work
I am doing
Use the skills I
have learned in as
many ways as
possible
Stay at home
while raising
children
35.
Why Use Brainstormingand
Mind Mapping
Brainstorming: Excellent way of
creating many new ideas
Helps students break out of their
thinking patterns into new ways of
looking at things.
Mind Map: Used for arranging and
developing ideas.
A good format for reviewing ideas
Language Help
The goatswere
naughty
Always hit the
Troll
Ate all the
grassland
Goats kicked Trolls Mother. She fell
into the river and died
No one to look after the troll.
Troll lonely and hungry
Hated the goats
Goats ate all
the grass.
No more grass
land and
trees all the
animals
hungry
Reasons
41.
Activity:Imagine you are….
Imagineyou are the three goats.
Use your 5 senses to think and
write about how nice the
grassland is.
See
Smell
Touch
Hear
Taste
42.
Sample
WhenI arrived atthe grassland I
saw-----------. I smelt
and it was
. I
touched---------. I could
hear---------- . Finally I ate
the grass and it
tasted .
43.
Character Empathy
Write forthe characters and express
how they feel. (letter, diary)
Examples:
Write about the Baby Bears feeling
when he saw his broken chair.
(letter)
Write how Cinderella felt after
the Ball dance. (diary)
44.
Imagination
IF…………
Create anew endingbased on assumption
-If the little Billy Goat Gruff could not
cross the bridge------
Your turn. Create a new ending
1 2 3 GO………!!!!!
45.
Language Help
Sampl
e
New endings
Trolltook Billy Home.
Billy was very
hungry.
There was no food
so
Billy dies of
starvation
The two brother goats could not find l
Little Billy
They were sad
They went back to the Bridge
The Brothers fought with the Troll
and brought Little Billy back home
Troll took him
home
Troll and Billy
become
good friends.
Troll takes care of
Billy
Lived happily ever
after