One of our students Energizer Aboma came to me a few days ago with a great idea – a writing contest. This is a great way to improve your writing and get critical feedback that can help you improve.
Many of our students have been writing on the English City News Blog a newspaper run by the students and Lane Jarman, reporter at the City News. If you would like to write something for the blog come to one of Lane’s activities or comment on another student’s article and we will get back to you.
Ok so here are the rules:
- Below there is a list of 50 words, you must look up their meanings.
- Students must write a fictional story, news style report or discursive essay using at least thirty words in the list.
- Points will be given for originality, style, grammar and structure.
- The winner’s profile will be featured on the new Languagelab website and also displayed all over English City.
- Everyone who enters will be given detailed feedback and those who choose to share their feedback with the group will be posted on the blog for all students to benefit from.
The words:
- advice
- benefit
- liaise
- compete
- effect
- relate
- budget
- discreet
- regard
- respond
- comply
- procure
- paradigm
- defy
- assess
- criterion
- appreciate
- jingoism
- analyse
- retain
- affect
- enhance
- podcasting
- acquire
- oblige
- information
- use
- intend
- ecopolitics
- endeavour
- continue
- provide
- allege
- emphasize
- aesthetic
- empathy
- request
- pragmatic
- despite
- ubiquitous
- sceptic
- propose
- assume
- ambiguous
- competence
- irony
- subtle
- implement
- concur
- general
The deadline is 9th March and all submissions should be made on the English City News Blog or to jessie@languagelab.com
Good Luck !
I do something similar to this and I think by holding competitions gives children that extra encouragement of writing their own stories.
Giving feedback is also a great idea so children are able to see where they went wrong and how to improve for next time.
Keep it up!