Comments on Writing

Activity I. Opening, Theory about writing, William Wordsworth, Alexander, (teacher-led) II. Other studies on writing, Krashen’s theory: To read is the best way to writing, and Stephen King (teacher-led) III. Main activity, Role play, and explain star war (teacher-led) IV. Main activity, Students are asked to summarize the plot V. Peer edition, Ask students to share their summarize in pairs VI. Process writing, Elaborate the pedagogy to teach writing more clearly, especially process writing. Advantage: 1. Teaching style is humorous enough to catch students’ attention. 2. Create well learning environment. However, we may feel a bit puzzled what should we write in only fifty words that should include the whole plot. Therefore, I think teacher should give us more clearly instruction on how to write a summary well and introduce more holistic background knowledge on Star War. In addition, teachers should correct our writing more clearly, rather than praise us. Writing is the most difficult part for teachers to teach. As a teacher, I think we should build up enough vocabulary for students first, and then teach transitional words, or collocation. However, I still think the best way to learn writing well is by reading.