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    This document describes an activity called "reverse reading" where students write a story based on comprehension questions rather than a provided text. Students are given a set of questions about a character named Mr. Jones and his activities. They then work in pairs to answer the questions in note form and use the answers to construct a coherent story about Mr. Jones. Finally, students swap stories and try to answer the original comprehension questions based on the peer-written story. The goal is to help students practice writing narratives with proper tenses and syntax without access to a source text.

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    This document describes an activity called "reverse reading" where students write a story based on comprehension questions rather than a provided text. Students are given a set of questions about a character named Mr. Jones and his activities. They then work in pairs to answer the questions in note form and use the answers to construct a coherent story about Mr. Jones. Finally, students swap stories and try to answer the original comprehension questions based on the peer-written story. The goal is to help students practice writing narratives with proper tenses and syntax without access to a source text.

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    This document describes an activity called "reverse reading" where students write a story based on comprehension questions rather than a provided text. Students are given a set of questions about a character named Mr. Jones and his activities. They then work in pairs to answer the questions in note form and use the answers to construct a coherent story about Mr. Jones. Finally, students swap stories and try to answer the original comprehension questions based on the peer-written story. The goal is to help students practice writing narratives with proper tenses and syntax without access to a source text.

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    Writing through

    'reverse reading‘
    http://www.teachingenglish.org.uk

    Vanessa Gómez Riquelme


    • Grade Level(s): Intermediate

    • Subject(s): Foreign Language/


    English Second Language

    • Duration: 2 hours
    • Description: The students will
    learn how to create a piece of
    writing from a set of questions,
    doing a process of reading
    comprehension without the
    reading.
    Students often get muddled when writing a
    narrative because they concentrate too much on
    the plot of the story. As a result tenses and
    syntax suffer.

    This activity helps students both with a storyline


    and with the tenses.
    PREPARATION
    1. Give each pair of students a set of questions.

    Answer the following questions from the text:

    • What was Mr Jones's job?


    • What was he going to do?
    • Why?
    • What was the weather like?
    • What did he decide to do after that?
    • What didn't he want to do?
    • Why?
    • What was the surprising end?
    PROCEDURE
    • Tell students that you had a text for them to
    read but unfortunately you left it at home!
    However, you still have the comprehension
    questions.

    • Give out the questions to each pair of students


    and ask them to:

    TASK 1: read all the questions and then


    TASK 2: write the answers to the questions.

    • The answers should have some connection


    with each other and should be in note form
    only.
    • Now, using their answers,

    TASK 3:

    They have to construct a story


    about Mr Jones.
    Either now or previously the
    students need to have appropriate
    linking words (however, all of a
    sudden, so... etc).
    TASK 4:

    When the students have finished


    writing swap the stories with
    another pair. They should read
    the text and see if they can
    answer the comprehension
    questions.
    TASK 5:

    Put the stories up around the


    classroom for everyone to read
    and get them to decide which
    one is the best / funniest /
    most unusual?
    CATEGORY 4 3 2 1
    Focus on the assigned The entire story is Most of the story is Some of the story is No attempt has been
    topic related to the assigned related to the assigned related to the assigned made to relate the
    topic and allows the topic. The story topic, but a reader story to the assigned
    reader to understand wanders off at one does not learn much topic.
    much more about the point, but the reader about the topic.
    topic. can still learn
    something about the
    topic.
    Creativity The story contains The story contains a The story contains a There is little evidence
    many creative details few creative details few creative details of creativity in the story.
    and/or descriptions that and/or descriptions that and/or descriptions, but The author does not
    contribute to the contribute to the they distract from the seem to have used
    reader's enjoyment. reader's enjoyment. story. The author has much imagination.
    The author has really The author has used tried to use his
    used his imagination. his imagination. imagination.
    Spelling and There are no spelling There is one spelling or There are 2-3 spelling The final draft has
    Punctuation or punctuation errors in punctuation error in the and punctuation errors more than 3 spelling
    the final draft. final draft. in the final draft. and punctuation errors.
    Character and place
    names that the author
    invented are spelled
    consistently
    throughout.
    Organization The story is very well The story is pretty well The story is a little hard Ideas and scenes
    organized. One idea or organized. One idea or to follow. The seem to be randomly
    scene follows another scene may seem out of transitions are arranged.
    in a logical sequence place. Clear transitions sometimes not clear.
    with clear transitions. are used.
    RESOURCES
    • http://www.teachingenglish.org.uk/try/a
    ctivities/writing-through-reverse-
    reading

    • http://rubistar.4teachers.org/index.php
    ?screen=CustomizeTemplate&bank_ru
    bric_id=28&section_id=5&

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