Developing writing skills in novice-level language learners is always a challenge. Writing tasks must be clear, simple, and highly structured. I’d like to share a simple Halloween writing project I’ve done with 5th and 6th grade students. Working in pairs or small groups, students wrote and illustrated a 10-page book. The writing is a pattern-practice for beginners. They simply had to choose various elements and recombine them into original sentences. Here’s one in French from a few years ago.
The directions are available as a ready-to-go student handout in French or Spanish. Click the links for ordering info:
French Haunted House Writing Project
Spanish Haunted House Writing Project
