Writing Best Practices

Mark whether the sentence below is true or false:

“Before students practice writing in sentences, they should be aware of basic punctuation.”

• True

• False

Mark which scenarios will require students to have good writing skills:

• Sitting certain types of school examinations.

• Communicating through email.

• For talking to strangers overseas.

• When applying to overseas universities.

Mark which of these can be a good way to warm up your class before a writing activity:

• Practice pronunciation of different similar sounding words.

• Listen to sets of sentences spoken with different regional accents.

• Refresh key words and phrases that students have learned, and can be used in the writing activity.

Mark which of these activities can be suitable for beginners:

• Practicing simple SVO sentences.

• Writing a short story.

• Writing a letter with formal language.

• Rewriting sentences to change their form, but retain the same meaning.

Mark whether the sentence below is true or false:

“Unlike with listening or speaking, small mistakes with a student’s writing can be easy to hide and rarely cause problems.”

• True

• False

Which of these is a correct rewriting of the sentence below:

• "Before going for a walk, I ate my lunch."

• "I ate my lunch while I went for a walk."

• "After going for a walk, I ate my lunch."

Mark whether the statement below is true or false:

“With beginners, writing classes often focus on practicing the language they’ve learned so far. For more advanced students, writing classes are more likely to focus on putting this language into use in the real world.”

• True

• False