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>> Then it's very important that you keep
guiding the students through the writing task.

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Not just the warm up, which we often do,

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but actually during the writing
task you also give them guidance.

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Especially the lower the proficiency level,
the more guidance your students will need.

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So what can they be doing during writing?

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Step 3, write a paragraph that explains
where the story takes place, who was there,

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what was the funny event, so just kind of a
description, a narration, a straight narration.

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And then in step 4, you could
ask them to have 2, 3 paragraphs,

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and this can go in so many different directions.

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But with our theme for winter break, you can
have them talk about what happened before.

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What caused this event, descriptions
of the main characters, what--

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that explains why this event was funny.

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So have them think a little bit
more about the audience again

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and making the writing interesting
and engaging for your reader.

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And when they focus on the writing and
focus on the purpose of the writing,

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they often engage more with the vocabulary and
they can also engage more with the grammar.

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'Cause when you really have to communicate to
somebody else, you have to be more precise.

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And research has found that when the
students are aware of their audience,

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they are more likely to pay attention to
form, to accuracy and also the vocabulary

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that they use, different sentence
structures just to keep it kind of exciting.

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You want, you might wanna point out
that regardless of what they write,

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they wanna make this interesting.

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So read through your material again and
keep it very interesting for your students.

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You want, you wanna focus on the
arc, so actual writing structure,

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have a beginning, a middle and an end.

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Again, not just on grammar,
not just on vocabulary.