{"id":5465,"date":"2015-07-27T09:52:01","date_gmt":"2015-07-27T09:52:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/eltweekly.com\/?p=5465"},"modified":"2015-07-27T09:52:01","modified_gmt":"2015-07-27T09:52:01","slug":"writing-together-collaborative-writing-tasks-for-elementary-learners-cambridge-english-blog","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/eltweekly.humbeestudio.xyz\/?p=5465","title":{"rendered":"Writing together \u2013 collaborative writing tasks for elementary learners (Cambridge English Blog)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">[ELTWeekly Volume 7, Issue 15 | July 27<\/span><span style=\"line-height: 1.5em;\">, 2015 | ISSN 0975-3036]<\/span><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>Collaborative writing can ease the initial difficulties elementary writers have when asked to bring their own ideas onto paper. Here are some of the collaborative writing tasks I rely on in my classroom:<\/p>\n<p>In <b><i>person, place, type of story,<\/i><\/b> the students use cards in three different colours and describe:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>the main character of the story by name, age, job etc.<\/li>\n<li>the place where the story unfolds. It can be anywhere and students are encouraged to be specific, e.g. a restaurant in a run-down neighbourhood of Chicago.<\/li>\n<li>a type of story: love, crime, fantasy, disaster, science fiction, etc.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p><span id=\"more-3029\"><\/span>Collect the cards in three piles according to their colour. Students come up and take one card from each pile and start writing using the prescriptive elements on their cards. A more advanced version could include two characters who must meet in the story.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Default\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.cambridge.org\/elt\/blog\/2015\/07\/pronunciation-tips-1\/\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Read full article<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[ELTWeekly Volume 7, Issue 15 | July 27, 2015 | ISSN 0975-3036] Collaborative writing can ease the initial difficulties elementary writers have when asked to bring their own ideas onto paper. Here are some of the collaborative writing tasks I rely on in my classroom: In person, place, type of story, the students use cards 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