Using personal experiences to motivate students
Focus: poetry
Short video clips can provide students with interesting ideas for writing.
Fireman saves kitten
Use the video clip to motivate students to create a short piece of writing about the resource.
Fireman saves kitten – Student exemplar writing
Students could use the exemplar to review the sequencing of events during their partner-checks.
Image by Ronshi Perera.
For more engaging writing ideas, see our on demand workshop, Generating ideas for writing.
Using personal experiences to motivate students
Focus: poetry
Includes: a slideshow lesson plan, a student template and an exemplar.
Focus: poetry writing
Focus: shared reading, note-taking and creative writing
