Writing exercises to do at home & bring to class or send in...

Use our forum (check out the TP Forum) and our blogs (see Projects) to practice writing! It's free ;)

Classifieds - writing in response to newspaper ads
Classified Ads - Help Wanted 1 - Boston, by Rubén (ex Y3 2007)
Classified Ads - Jobs 1 - Boston, by Rubén (ex Y3 2007)
Classified Ads - Medical Research Directory 7 - Boston, by Rubén (ex Y3 2007)
Classified Ads - Medical Research Directory 6 - Boston, by Rubén (ex Y3 2007)
Classified Ads - Medical Research Directory 5 - Boston, by Rubén (ex Y3 2007)
Classified Ads - Medical Research Directory 4 - Boston, by Rubén (ex Y3 2007)
Classified Ads - Medical Research Directory 3 - Boston, by Rubén (ex Y3 2007)
Classified Ads - Medical Research Directory 2 - Boston, by Rubén (ex Y3 2007)
Classified Ads - Medical Research Directory 1 - Boston, by Rubén (ex Y3 2007)
Classified Ads - Business Services Directory 1 - Boston, by Rubén (ex Y3 2007)
Become a Writer Workshop (17 pages) by michelle (Intermediate students)
Classified Ads - Dating 1

Special activities...
Fill in a questionnaire and... Write a Story! (a game)
Collective Writing a script for the collective creation of stories

Practicing Language Awareness while writing
Describing people and writing a terror story: using Frankenstein!
Writing stories: using pasts and then presents
Write a story in the past
Surf this wonderful page - you'll learn a lot about language and writing!
Practice with pronouns (reference) Improve your ability with Pronouns. What do they stand for?! (Reference). Rewrite a mysterious story and solve the mysteries!
Telling a story changing the subject!
Take this test on -ed endings!
Practice your -s!
Practice identifying the tenses!! exercise 1 exercise 2
Subject-Verb agreement in the present tenses
Subject-Verb agreement with was/were
There is, there are, there were
Pronouns: subject and object form

Practicing awareness of Types of Texts & Writing Strategies
Describe your room!
Write your opinion about a news item
Use the Writing Workshop to learn about writers and write a piece yourself!
Do this exercise: Transactional Letter - invitations (From Transac. Letters - Asking for Info)
Brainstorming for Reasons - Practice Writing/Speaking
For Gathering Ideas & Outlines, check out How to Learn: to write/speak/think * Learning about point of view and developing creativity!
Practice textual structure (at the moment, only: news items, argumentative texts).
Identify the theme: There's a Man Hitting Me on the Head with an Umbrella, by F. Sorrentino (a short story).
Beginnings and Endings. Use sample opening sentences and closing sentences to write an explanatory or descriptive text! See also, theory
Writing Paragraphs (useful for Descriptive, Narrative, Discursive/Explanatory Texts)
Write a terror story! (For more on Writing stories, see all the links here)
Proofreading Practice or Spot the Mistake!
The world of newspapers
Summarize texts: So You Wanna Clean Your Apartment? (an instructional text).
Read about the Europass CV and Language Passport and fill in the forms!
Europasses 1 - 2 - 3

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The Writing Lab (OWL)