Creative Writing in the EFL/ESL classroom
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Traditional academic writing (essays, reports, etc.) often overlook the creative writing techniques that native English speakers receive throughout their education. Thus, what is needed is a reexamination of the syllabus to find creative writing opportunities. In addition, ESL/EFL teachers must be given the ability and confidence to teach writing. My workshop aims to accomplish these necessities.
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- 1. Creative Writing, Cooperative Learning, and Your Syllabus Getting Genki With a Pencil: Monique Simpson NamSeoul University, Seonghwan, South Korea ms.monique.simpson@gmail.com
- 2. How do you feel about writing in English?
- 3. How do you feel about teaching writing in English?
- 4. 気 Genki yo!! Robust, Energetic, Excited, Fine, or Enthused
- 5. What is Creative Writing? It’s nonfiction writing with a flair that is created by using various writing techniques that is often used in fiction or poetry.
- 7. Fictitious Writing (Thinking creatively) • Onion Newspaper Idioms • Class Story Book Metaphors / Similes • Open Mic: Poetry / Songs Today’s Writing Activities
- 9. Cooperative Language Learning “To foster cooperation rather than competition, to develop critical thinking skills, and to develop communicative competence through socially structured interaction activities”
- 10. Syllabus #1: 1.Past Verb Tense 2. Future Verb Tense 3. Describing Events 4. Sequencing Events 5. Summarizing/ Paraphrasing
- 11. Newspapers report past events and upcoming events Onion Newspaper
- 12. Onion Newspaper Check out “The Onion” www.theonion.com Create small groups, 3-4 students Assign groups a specific sections of the newspaper: Sports, Entertainment, Food, Travel, Politics, Each groups is responsible for a page that consists of 2 articles, pictures and advertisements
- 13. What’s Going On? What’s happening now? How can we make these events funny? How can we exaggerate the details? What extreme of absurdity can we reach? 5 W’s: Who? What? When? Where? Why? 1H: How?
- 16. About 100 teachers met yesterday to begin talks about taking over the world. They agreed on a non- violent movement that will start innocently as an English lesson. However, there was disagreement on who would sponsor the movement. Teacher Conference Middle Beginning End Title:Teachers Plot to take over the World
- 17. Let’s Write Creatively! Form groups of 3-4 people Sports, Entertainment, Food, Travel, Politics, Education, Work, & Economy Take turns sharing ideas; if necessary, take turns writing sentences.
- 18. Syllabus #2: 1.Idioms 2. Slang 3. Phrasal Verbs
- 19. Class Story Book By creating original stories, students can demonstrate their understanding of a phrase and how to use it appropriately.
- 20. Class Story Book Previous Lesson: Telling a story in 3 parts. Students made an individual story book with an original story idea. After teaching 10 idioms, place students in pairs. The pairs select idioms they want to write stories about. They also pick an idiom to illustrate. Students then select a title for the book. All the stories are placed in the book.
- 21. Let’s Write a Story! 1. It’s raining cats and dogs. 2.I’m so hungry I can eat a horse. 3.(Don’t)Spill the beans! 4.Don’t have a cow! 5.A bird in the hand is worth two in the bushes.
- 22. There was a small village in the Andes mountains. One drop, two drops. “It’s raining,” yelled the children. It was raining cats and dogs, so the river’s water came into the small village. Raining Cats &Dogs Middle Beginning End Title:One Drop, Two Drops: It’s Raining
- 23. Let’s Write Creatively! Find a partner (groups of 2 persons). Pick an idiom. Work together to create a story; if you are having trouble, take turns writing sentences.
- 24. Syllabus #3: 1.Discussion on Animals 2. Discussion on Music 3. Describing People & Places 4. Metaphors/Similes
- 25. Open Mic: Poetry & Songs Get your students out of their seats and performing their creative works!
- 26. LanternFish www.bogglesworldesl.com http://bogglesworldesl.com/simile_worksheets.htm Simile Material
- 27. Similes are as simple as speaking Pattern 1: “ like ” verb + like + noun * She swims like a fish. * She plays like a pro. * She acts like a fool. How could I say that somebody: runs fast is pretty © 2005 www.bogglesworldesl.com Similes compare two things using “like” or “as.” A = B
- 28. Similes are as simple as speaking Pattern 2: “ as ” as + adjective + as + noun * He is as tall as a giant. * She is as fast as a rocket. * He is as quiet as a mouse. How could I say that somebody: is heavy sounds noisy © 2005 www.bogglesworldesl.com Similes compare two things using “like” or “as.” A = B
- 29. Ode to Tomatoes Pablo NerudaThe street filled with tomatoes midday, summer, light is halved like a tomato, its juice runs through the streets. Maru Mori brought me a pair of socks that she knit with her shepherd's hands. Two socks as soft as rabbit fur. I thrust my feet inside them as if they weretwo little boxes knit from threads of sunset and sheepskin. Ode to My Socks
- 30. The sun is as big as my mom. The sun is a hot as 100 fires burning together.The sun is red like an apple. The Sun Middle Beginning End Title: An ode to the Sun
- 31. Like a ________ Waiting to bloom Like a ________ In a dark room I'm just sitting here waiting for you To come on home and turn me on Like the ________ waiting for the rain Like a __________ waiting for the spring Im just sitting here waiting for you To come on home and turn me on Noah Jones: “Turn Me On”
- 32. Like a flower Waiting to bloom Like a lightbulb In a dark room I'm just sitting here waiting for you To come on home and turn me on Like the desert waiting for the rain Like a school kid waiting for the spring Im just sitting here waiting for you To come on home and turn me on Noah Jonexs: “Turn Me On”
- 33. Let’s Write Creatively! Form groups of 3-4 people Decide if you all will write a poem or a song. Your group will sing the song or perform the poem with a genki spirit. At least 3 similes/metaphors must be used. Listen to your classmates; respect their ideas. If necessary, take turns writing similes.
- 34. Alternative used at GNU Summer Camp 2011 Each student writes an original poem. The student selects a topic and writes six sentences, using at least three (3) similes. Poetry Contest: Students sit in a circle. Each student is given 2-3 minutes to read a poem. Then the poem is passed to the right. This continues until all the poems are read. Then each student votes for his/her favorite two (2) poems. The winner gets a sweet/sticker or can select the free time activity
- 35. How do you feel about writing in English?
- 36. How do you feel about teaching writing in English?
- 37. 気 Genki yo!! Robust, Energetic, Excited, Fine, or Enthused
- 38. Creative Writing, Cooperative Learning, and Your Syllabus Getting Genki With a Pencil: Monique Simpson NamSeoul University, Seonghwan, South Korea ms.monique.simpson@gmail.com