Hadfield, Charles <br/><br/>
Writing Games :  a Collection of Writing Games and Creative Activities for Low Intermediate to Advanced Students of English / 
Charles Hadfield & Jill Hadfield. 
 - Harlow, UK :  Pearson Education,  1990. 
 - x, 22 p. (+ cca 42 p. of plates) :  cov. ill. ;  28 cm. 
<br/><br/> On cover page: "Contains photocopiable material". 
<br/><br/>Includes indexes. 
<br/><br/>"Writing games is a collection of 40 games and activities for low intermediate to advanced students of English.<br/>  A variety of activity types  including guessing, matching, exchange and reply, role play, imaginative stimulus, formula poems and stories, random association, looking at familiar things from a new angle, brainstorming, describing what you see, spontaneous fast writing<br/>  Practice in different types of writing, such as advertisements, descriptions, letters, narrative, newspaper articles, notices, poems, postcards<br/>  Individual, pair work, group and whole class activities<br/>  Teaching notes for games 1-40, and material designed to be photocopied for games 1-30<br/>  Indexes of the structures, functions and lexical areas practised in each activity." (Book Cover) CONTENTS List of games Index of structures and grammar areas Index of lexical areas Index of functions Introduction Teacher's notes for games 1-40 Photocopiable material for games 1-30 LIST OF GAMES 1. Thank-you letters<br/>  Function: expressing thanks<br/>  Type of writing: letter 2. Job applications<br/>  Function: describing abilities<br/>  Type of writing: advertisements, letter<br/> 3. Animal problems<br/>  Function: asking for and giving advice<br/>  Type of writing: letter<br/> 4. Rules<br/>  Function: permission and prohibition<br/>  Type of writing: notices 5. Moral tales<br/>  Function: narrating past events<br/>  Type of writing: narrative 6. Riddles<br/>  Function: describing objects<br/>  Type of writing: description 7. Sense association<br/>  Function: describing sense impressions<br/>  Type of writing: poem 8. Election manifestos<br/>  Function: promises and predictions<br/>  Type of writing: manifesto 9. A martian sends a postcard home<br/>  Function: describing objects and habits<br/>  Type of writing: postcard 10. Warnings<br/>  Function: giving advice and warnings<br/>  Type of writing: notices 11. Interplanetary penfriends<br/>  Function: exchanging personal information<br/>  Type of writing: letter 12. Café portraits<br/>  Function: describing people<br/>  Type of writing: poem 13. Rip van Winkle writes home<br/>  Function: describing changes<br/>  Type of writing: letter 14. Headline jumble<br/>  Function: reporting past events<br/>  Type of writing: newspaper article 15. Cartoon treasure hunt<br/>  Function: narrating past events<br/>  Type of writing: narrative 16. Concrete poems<br/>  Function: describing objects, feelings and concepts<br/>  Type of writing: poem 17. Haiku<br/>  Function: describing objects and feelings<br/>  Type of writing: poem 18. Diamond poems<br/>  Function: describing characteristics<br/>  Type of writing: poem 19. Fairytale update<br/>  Function: narrating past events<br/>  Type of writing: narrative 20. History / Herstory<br/>  Function: narrating past events<br/>  Type of writing: narrative 21. The Interstellar Times<br/>  Function: narrating past events, expressing opinions, describing objects, promises, predictions, describing films and listing entertainment<br/>  Type of writing: newspaper articles, letters, advertisements, reviews 22. Hard sell<br/>  Function: persuasion, promises<br/>  Type of writing: advertisements 23. Soap operas<br/>  Function: expressing emotions<br/>  Type of writing: dialogue 24. Xmas mail mart<br/>  Function: describing objects and how they work<br/>  Type of writing: advertisement 25. Circle writing<br/>  Function: various<br/>  Type of writing: dialogue 26. Lonely hearts<br/>  Function: giving personal information<br/>  Type of writing: advertisement, letter 27. Freaky fables<br/>  Function: narrating past events<br/>  Type of writing: narrative 28. Postcards from the third millennium<br/>  Function: describing scenes, places, habits and customs<br/>  Type of writing: postcard 29. Secret thoughts of modern art<br/>  Function: various<br/>  Type of writing: monologue 30. Art adventure<br/>  Function: narrating past events<br/>  Type of writing: narrative 31. Definition poems<br/>  Function: describing concepts and feelings<br/>  Type of writing: poems 32. Film shots<br/>  Function: describing scenes and places<br/>  Type of writing: description 33. Dream dictation<br/>  Function: narrating past events, describing scenes and places<br/>  Type of writing: description, narrative 34. Dream auction<br/>  Function: narrating past events, describing scenes and places<br/>  Type of writing: description, narrative 35. Detective stories<br/>  Function: narrating past events<br/>  Type of writing: narrative 36. Half fruit<br/>  Function: describing sense impressions<br/>  Type of writing: description 37. Fashion show<br/>  Function: describing clothes<br/>  Type of writing: description 38. Love letters<br/>  Function: expressing emotion<br/>  Type of writing: letter 39. Postcards<br/>  Function: describing scenes and places<br/>  Type of writing: postcard 40. Catalogue poems<br/>  Function: describing scenes<br/>  Type of writing: poem 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>0175558981 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>English language--Textbooks for foreign speakers.<br/>English language--Writing.<br/>English language--Games.