Joined: 12 Jun 2007 |Posted: Fri Jun 22, 2007 1:40 pm Post
subject: Desktop publishing |The following is a technique for
teaching writing to intermediate students. Have the student pick
a topic. It can be history, science, biography, or even fiction.
The student writes a draft. If the student is an early
intermediate, the teacher can do a lot of the writing. Next, the
teacher corrects the draft and has the student copy it numerous
times until he/she can write it correctly without copying. The
text is then typed into Photoshop. Images from various sources
can be cut and pasted to add interest. Finally, the completed
text is taken to a company like Kinkos where it is attractively
bound at a cost of under five dollars. This has been successful
because it generates interest. The student picks a topic that
they are very interested in. Students have written histories of
their own country, science fiction, or even retold favorite
stories like King Kong or Star Wars. Fiction and history are
good subjects to teach pas