| L'exercice "Punctuation is pants" peut être copié sur les disquettes des élèves. Leur tâche est de rétablir la ponctuation en se référant à la correction qui leur est également fournie.
Après quelques séances, ils doivent être capables de rétablir la ponctuation sans l'aide de la correction. |
| Word Processing Activities
From Hardisty, D., and S. Windeatt. (1989). CALL. Oxford: Oxford University Press. |
| Editing Provide text (possibly with students' own errors); students work in groups to revise Sentence completion Give students open-ended sentences or cloze exercise to complete Picture identification (Low level) Paste in a picture with numbers on various objects; students type in names of objects which corrrespond to the numbers Description of a picture Students copy and paste in a picture; write a paragraph describing it Model paragraph Group changes the details so that the description matches someone in the class. Delete name -- give the text a code; distribute the text among the students Have them guess who the descriptions are of. "Famous People" Have text with biography of a famous person Prewriting: Write name -- give a minute to write a response Discuss responses. Give each pair or group of students a part of the biography Students compose a short summary; they type it into the computer Students record summaries into a tape recorder in chronological order Tape serves as a radio program "Cross class Interviews" (Mixed level) Lower level: write basic interview questions; Practice asking one another Visit advanced class Pairs: Lower level students interview upper level Lower level students go to computer lab; write profile of advanced students Class discussion: write general description of other class Advanced class reads -- extends the description & revises it; lower level reads Narrative and descriptive writing Teacher dictates the first part of a story Students finish it Each group -- looks at text of the other groups Each group has a different task: accuracy, organization, interest, vocabulary Letter One text: mixture of formal and informal expressions 1/2 class changes to formal style 1/2 class changes to informal Compare the 2 letters Make a list of the features of each Application Letter One team applies for a job; other team: discusses, accepts or rejects, writes letter of reply Letter of complaint One team: Letter of complaint -- Other team: Letter of apology in response Dialog (Elementary level) Give text of a dialog; groups use cut-and-paste to put sentences in the right order Each group acts out its version of the dialog; Class can compare; decide on the best one If time: write continuation of the dialog Student newsletter Students do interviews, surveys; submit ariticles, drawings, etc. |