The Ministry of Higher and secondary education of the Republic of Uzbekistan The Uzbekistan state World Languages University

EXERCISE
Using the plan you prepared for the exercise on page 50, write the first draft of an essay.

§2.2. Exercises, activities, games

Activity 1. Snowball writing.

Snowball writing is an activity that your middle and high school students will always remember. It can be used with almost any writing genre and is highly-engaging for even your most reluctant writers. I use this method for narrative, poetry, descriptive, and essay writing. I even use it as an introductory icebreaker activity during back-to-school or a semester change!

How It Works:

- One student starts the writing process for a timed period decided by the teacher.

- When time is up, the teacher tells students to crumple up their work into a “snowball” and throw it somewhere else in the room. Get ready to see lots of confused faces J.

- Students retrieve one of the snowballs, smooth out the paper, and continue the writing process! (Tip: have students use a pen to make the writing easier to read for the next student)

This process is repeated as needed. When all parts are completed, the paper goes back to the original writer who creates a final copy. If you want to know more about how I use this for narrative writing, read this detailed blog post that gives the step-by-step process in more detail.

Activity 2. Shared sensory writing.

Have your students write a descriptive paragraph using vivid imagery with an activity called Shared Sensory Writing.

How it works:

- Put students into groups of three and give them an object to describe.

- As a group, they decide which of the 3 senses they will focus on (sight, taste, smell, touch, hearing). Each person is assigned a sense, and they write a short paragraph describing the object based only on the sense they receive.