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Writing Skills

The document outlines various activities designed to improve writing skills, including introducing each other, pen-pal letters, composition writing, email writing, letter writing, and notice writing. Each activity encourages students to express their thoughts clearly and creatively while practicing different forms of written communication. The document emphasizes the importance of structured writing and provides examples and formats for students to follow.

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Writing Skills

The document outlines various activities designed to improve writing skills, including introducing each other, pen-pal letters, composition writing, email writing, letter writing, and notice writing. Each activity encourages students to express their thoughts clearly and creatively while practicing different forms of written communication. The document emphasizes the importance of structured writing and provides examples and formats for students to follow.

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Writing Skills

Writing Skills

 Writing Skills are specific abilities which help writers to


put their thoughts into words in a meaningful form.
 Good writing skills enable you to communicate your
thoughts, opinions and ideas clearly and effectively.
 Writing skills may be improved through giving exercises
on composition and creative writing. Learners should be
encouraged to arrange their thoughts on a given topic or
conversation.
Let’s do some activities
ACTIVITY 1: INTRODUCING EACH OTHER

 The teacher will divide the students in pairs.


 The students will interview each other based on a series
of questions-answers or keywords.
 After the interview, the students will be asked to write a
short biography of their partners.
ACTIVITY 2: PEN-PALS

 The teacher can assign a role of a postman to a student


and make a post box from a small box.
 Now the class will be divided into pairs.
 Each student in the pair will write a letter to their partner
and post it.
 The postman will deliver the letter to the other student
and he will write back in its response.
ACTIVITY 3: COMPOSITION WRITING

 The teacher will draw a mind map on a given topic.


 The teacher will ask the students to frame the sentences
with the help of given mind map.
 Then the teacher will ask the students to come to the
board and write those sentences in proper order.
 The students will read the sentences loudly.
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EXAMPLE
 India is a land of festivals. Diwali is the most famous Hindu festival.
 It is celebrated with great excitement.
 On this day Lord Rama returned home after 14 years of exile.
 People clean their houses and shops.
 People worship Goddess Laxmi on this day.
 People greet one another and exchange gifts.
ACTIVITY 4: E-MAIL WRITING
 e-mail stands for electronic mail. It is the easiest and the
cheapest way of communication.
Tips for writing an email
 Begin your email with a greeting.
 Begin your email with the reason for writing.
 The message must have a clear and specific purpose.
 Change the paragraph with the change in idea.
 Write your message in a few lines.
 End your email by writing a sign off e.g. thanks, best wishes,
talk soon, take care etc.
E-mail Writing
To:

CC:

Subject:

Dear Harmeet

I am very happy to invite you to my birthday party on July 17 at


KFC, Model Town from 5.00 pm to 7.00 pm.
It would be great if you come and join us at the party. We will
have a wonderful time together.

Take care
ACTIVITY 5: LETTER WRITING
 Letter writing is another mode of conversation. The
following activity has been designed to improve the writing
skills as well as the creative thinking of the students.
 The class will be divided into different groups according to
the number of students.
 The teacher will give brief introduction to Informal letters.
 The teacher will write the format of Informal letter on the
blackboard.
 The teacher will ask the students to write an informal letter
as per the format.
......................................................... address of the writer
... date
.................................................... greeting
.......
.................................................... asking the recipient about their well
....... being
and telling yours
Yours reason for writing
your feeling about it
why you are feeling so
saying goodbye and asking the
reader to reply back
signature
The students will work in groups and write the
letter with the help of the hints of the format.
The teacher will ask any group to read the
letter loudly in the class.
The other groups will jot down the different
ideas if any in their notebooks and incorporate
them in their own letters.
The teacher will ask them to write the final
draft of the letter as a home assignment.
In the given format you can write letter to your
friend congratulating him/her on success; for
not attending birthday party, thanking for the
present; congratulating on someone's birth etc.
Similarly, formal letter writing can be taught to
the students.
ACTIVITY 6: TRACE ME

The teacher will divide the class in two teams.


The teacher will write one slogan of any product
on the board. e.g. ‘The Taste of India’.
Each team will be given a chance to trace the
product.
Marks will be given for each correct answer.
 After playing this activity, the teacher will introduce the topic
‘Advertisements’ to the students.
• Now, again the teacher will divide the students
into groups.
• Each group will be given a product like pen,
toothpaste, washing powder, face cream etc.
• The teacher will ask the groups to write words/
phrases emphasizing that product.
• Each group will be then asked to enact their
product.
• Then frame advertisements on their
notebooks.
ACTIVITY 7: NOTICE WRITING

The teacher will write the heading of a notice on


the board.
Now the teacher will draw five clouds on the
board and write five ‘Wh-Questions’ related to
the notice in them.
The teacher will elicit the answers of these
questions from the students.
The teacher will write the answers in the clouds.
The teacher will make the format of the notice on
the black board.
 The clouds will act as hints.
 Now the teacher will ask the students to
write down the notice with the help of the given
hints.
 The teacher will do the necessary corrections.
ACTIVITY 8: THE TEACHER WILL MAKE TWO
STUDENTS TALK TO EACH OTHER TELEPHONICALLY.
 Hello  Hello! Who is over there?
 I am Preeti, your sister’s freind.  She is away to market.
Please call her. Kindly leave your message.
 Please ask her to meet me outside  That’s all right. I will convey your
the PCA Stadium at 7 in the evening. message as soon as she is here.
I will be waiting for her.
 The teacher will ask the student( the receiver) to write on the
board the message to be conveyed.
 Now the teacher will make required changes and tell the
students to write the message in a proper way.

Message
May 6, 2022 10:45 am

Rohini

Preeti has rung up to tell that she is going to meet you outside the PCA Stadium
at 7 pm today. She will be waiting for you there.

Rohit
THANK YOU

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