Beginners/Elementary: a.
Descriptions (home, family members and friends, your job, a place etc.);
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b.
Short biography of self, family member or famous person;
c.
emails to a friends etc
Intermediate (ideas from the previous list can be used as well) a.
Problem pages;
b.
Horoscopes;
c.
Magazine interviews;
d.
Advertisements;
e.
Quizzes and puzzles;
f.
Film and book reviews etc.
Advanced (ideas from the previous lists can be used as well) a.
Letters to the editor;
c.
Essays/Articles arguing and defending a point of view;
c.
Research papers etc.
2.7.8 Teaching Writing The review of related theories to teaching writing will be discussed now. They are
presented
in
four
sub-discussions
consisting
of
the
theory
of
writing
process,approaches to teaching writing, the role of teacher in writing and teaching
writing for Senior High School students.
2.7.9 Process of Writing Richards and Rodgers (2001) state that the process of teaching writing consists
of four basic stages. They are planning, drafting, revising, and editing. For each stage,
various learning activities that can support the learning of specific writing skills are
suggested. For instance, in the planning stage, teachers can help their students to
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improve their writing skills in generating ideas by giving activities, such as brain
storming, clustering, and rapid free writing.
The planned writing experiences for the students can be described as follows:
