Education of the republic of uzbekistan termez state university department of english language and literature

Writing

Sentence Stretching

Start with a short sentence or group of words.  Pass it around to about 6 people, with the rule that each person must add (a word or a group of words) or change ONE word (to another word or a group of words) to make the sentence more specific and more interesting.

Rebus writing: Students write sentences or longer texts and substitute drawings for the nouns.

It’s in the bag: Place an object in a bag- make sure the students don’t see it. Students feel the object in the bag and use words to describe how it feels. They take it out and add /alter their adjectives.

Touch and tell: An object is passed around a group of students. Each student suggests an adjective to describe it.

Alternative: Students provide an adjectival phrase or clause to describe the object

Verb Draw: Students randomly select from a box a picture of an animal, person or objects that move. They brainstorm action verbs for the chosen object.

Alternative: The students can supply verbs and adverbs. They can supply adjectives or adjectival groups

Hot Seat: Read a text (this case narrative) and at a particular point stop and ask students to select a character and suggest, for example: