Grade 8 Writing workshop#1

Grade 8 Writing workshop#1

By Nazek Mahmood

Activity 1  Imagine

Talk about what you can see in the picture.

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Imagine you are an actor/actress in a play.

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1.What kind of play are you in?

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2.What kind of costume are you wearing?

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3.How do you feel being on stage?

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4.Is acting difficult? Why/Why not?

Activity 1  Imagine

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Open Ended

Imagine you are an actor/actress in a play

1.What kind of play are you in?

2.What kind of costume are you wearing?

3.How do you feel being on stage?

4.Is acting difficult? Why/Why not?

Open Ended

Create an observation chart using the headings:

1. sight:

2. hear:

3. smell:

Activity 3  Interesting Phrases

Choose interesting phrases to describe the pictures.

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Multiple Choice

1.The film director checked the camera _______.

• a. to make sure all of the scenes were captured.

• b. to see if it was working.

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2.  The makeup artist ______.

• a. prepared all the actresses for the live performance.

• b. did the woman’s makeup.

Multiple Choice

3.  The film was ______.

• a. very interesting. We were all at the edge of our seats!

• b. good. We enjoyed it.

Multiple Choice

4.  The actors  ______.

• a. practised a lot for the play.

• b. spent weeks rehearsing for their roles in the play.

Activity 4  Wh- Questions

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Wh- questions begin with what, when, where, who, which, why and how. We use them to ask for information. The answer cannot be yes or no.

Each Wh- question asks for a certain kind of information:

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Open Ended

1.What was the last film or show that you watched?

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2.How often do you watch TV?

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3.Who would you like to go to the cinema with? Why?

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4. Which do you think is more difficult, being an actor or a writer? Why?

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5.When was the last time you went to the cinema?

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6. Where do you like to go in your free time?

Activity 5 Write a Story

Use the characters, setting and problem to write an interesting story.

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Activity 5 Write a Story

Use the characters, setting and problem to write an interesting story.

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