3. Questions for DiscussionQuestions for Discussion
• Look at the ceramic jar. What steps
would you need to go through to create
something like this from a lump of clay?
• How do you think this is similar to
writing an essay?
4. Why Do WeWhy Do We
WriteWrite
Some Basic Knowledge
About Creative Writing
5. PurposePurpose
Communicate with each other
Record information
Enhance oral development
Reinforce vocabulary and Language
structure
Present ideas, information and
feelings
Demonstrate ones creativity and
critical thinking
Inform ,influence and entertain
6. The Writing ProcessThe Writing Process
Activate knowledge
Take in information
Generate Ideas
Organize/Reorganize
Publish
7. The Writing ProcessThe Writing Process
Pre-Writing
Drafting
Editing
Polishing
Revising
Reflecting
8. What do we need to teach ?What do we need to teach ?
Using the basic conventions of
English
Presenting Information Ideas
and feelings coherently and
clearly
9. Stages Of WritingStages Of Writing
In Primary School learners go
through four stages of writing to
develop their writing skill.
Copying
Guided writing
Controlled Writing
Independent Writing
10. Development of writing skillsDevelopment of writing skills
through Task Based Activitiesthrough Task Based Activities
Have a context
Have a purpose
Involve learners in thinking and doing
Learners draw up their own framework
of knowledge and skills.
Purposeful activities lead to a product.
11. Approaches to writingApproaches to writing
Parallel Writing
Modeled writing
Shared and Interactive Writing
Process Writing
Experiential Writing
Creative Writing …….etc
13. What Is Creative WritingWhat Is Creative Writing
Definition:
Creative Writing expresses the writers
thoughts and feeling in an imaginative
often unique and poetic way. Creative
writing is guided more by the writers
need to express feelings and ideas than
by the restrictive demands of factual
and logical progression of expository
writing
14. What Is CreativityWhat Is Creativity
Definitions:
Ability to produce original ideas.
The result of a complex of
cognitive skills, abilities,
personality factors ,motivation
and strategies.
15. Elements Of CreativityElements Of Creativity
Fluency
Flexibility
Originality
Elaboration
Visualization
Lateral Thinking
Define Problems
16. Teachers’ can develop learnersTeachers’ can develop learners
creativity by:creativity by:
Choose Interesting topics.
Go beyond given information
Give time to think
Reward creative efforts
Value their creative attributes
Teach them creative thinking
techniques
Create a climate conducive to
creativity
17. Conducive Environment forConducive Environment for
developing learners creativitydeveloping learners creativity
Provide challenges
Appreciate individuality
Encourage open discussion
Absence of conflicts
Allow time to think
Encourage confidence and willingness
to take risk
Appreciate and support ideas
Respect the novel and unusual
19. Activity SheetActivity Sheet
Three Minute Fast Write:
Write anything that you can
remember from the Hare and the
Tortoise.
1,2,3 ……...go !!!!!!!
20. The Tortoise And The HareThe Tortoise And The Hare
hare tortoise slow grass white lazy stupid clever Sunny
run competition sleep hot tired sad cry
surprised happy cry wake-up sunny unhappy sleep
Setting .
Who when where Event Problems Resolutions
Green tortoise
White rabbit
Grass hot sunny
Running
competition
Slow fast lazy
Stupid clever
sleep hot tired
work hard
a long time
Wake-up win
lose happy
unhappy
Surprised cry
Swimming
competition
Cant swim clever
Jump easy proud
find a bridge
enjoying
Arrive first
rest laugh
silly proud
22. Why Use Fast WriteWhy Use Fast Write
A daily fluency exercise.
First thought on a starting point
are usually the most powerful and
original ones.
Helps students get started on an
assignment
Remember: at this stage accuracy is not emphasized
26. Now write about the dream houseNow write about the dream house
How many rooms do you want
Besides the living room, bedroom,
washroom, drawing room dining room
do you want any other rooms
What do you want to put in those
rooms.
What do you want to do in those
rooms
Who do want to live with
27. Why Use Thematic TreeWhy Use Thematic Tree
Encourages students to think
of different perspectives
builds students' flexibility
generates more idea
Helps students’ structure their
writing
28. Multi-dimensional writingMulti-dimensional writing
A car accident has occurred
injuring several people
Teachers and students discuss
how it could have been averted
Students imagine that they are
one of the following characters
and write an account
1. Driver
2. Passenger
3. Pedestrian
29. Activity SheetActivity Sheet
Imagine you are the
Principal/Headmistress
Librarian
Head Girl/ Boy
Teachers.
Write about any one particular
day.
30. …………Other ExamplesOther Examples
You are Papa Bear. Write
rules for Goldie Locks to help
her become a better girl.
You are the King of the
forest. Write rules for
different animals to follow
31. Why Use Multi-dimensionalWhy Use Multi-dimensional
writingwriting
Enables Students to view
things from different angles
Helps students to remain
focused when they write
32. Brainstorming and MindBrainstorming and Mind
MappingMapping
Identify Problem/Task to be
done
Brainstorm solutions/steps
possibilities
Use mind map to arrange and
develop ideas
33. Brainstorming and MindBrainstorming and Mind
MappingMapping
Put the word ‘Future’ on the board
Brainstorm words related to your
future
Now focus on your education family
and career
Group all the words under these
three sub themes and write a
composition
34. Example MapExample Map
My future family
Raise healthy,
happy children
Stay close
to my
family
Make them
a priority
Education
work
Eventually
get a PhD
Never stop
learning
Instill a love
of education
in my children
Learn to love
whatever work
I am doing
Use the skills I
have learned in as
many ways as
possible
Stay at home
while raising
children
35. Why Use Brainstorming andWhy Use Brainstorming and
Mind MappingMind Mapping
Brainstorming: Excellent way of
creating many new ideas
Helps students break out of their
thinking patterns into new ways of
looking at things.
Mind Map: Used for arranging and
developing ideas.
A good format for reviewing ideas
40. Language HelpLanguage Help
The goats were
naughty
Always hit the
Troll
Ate all the
grassland
Goats kicked Trolls Mother. She fell
into the river and died
No one to look after the troll.
Troll lonely and hungry
Hated the goats
Goats ate all
the grass.
No more grass
land and trees
all the animals
hungry
Reasons
41. Activity:Imagine you areActivity:Imagine you are….….
Imagine you are the three goats.
Use your 5 senses to think and
write about how nice the
grassland is.
See
Smell
Touch
Hear
Taste
42. SampleSample
When I arrived at the grassland I
saw-----------. I smelt
----------- and it was
------------. I
touched---------. I could
hear---------- . Finally I ate
the grass and it
tasted------------ .
43. Character EmpathyCharacter Empathy
Write for the characters and express
how they feel. (letter, diary)
Examples:
Write about the Baby Bears feeling
when he saw his broken chair. (letter)
Write how Cinderella felt after
the Ball dance. (diary)
45. Language HelpLanguage Help
Sample
New endings
Troll took Billy Home.
Billy was very hungry.
There was no food
so
Billy dies of
starvation
The two brother goats could not find l
Little Billy
They were sad
They went back to the Bridge
The Brothers fought with the Troll
and brought Little Billy back home
Troll took him
home
Troll and Billy
become
good friends.
Troll takes care of
Billy
Lived happily ever
after
