TY  - BOOK
AU  - Hadfield,Charles
AU  - Hadfield,Jill
TI  - Writing Games: a Collection of Writing Games and Creative Activities for Low Intermediate to Advanced Students of English 
SN  - 0175558981
PY  - 1990///
CY  - Harlow, UK
PB  - Pearson Education
KW  - English language
KW  - Textbooks for foreign speakers
KW  - Writing
KW  - Games
N1  - On cover page: "Contains photocopiable material"; Includes indexes; "Writing games is a collection of 40 games and activities for low intermediate to advanced students of English
; 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
; Practice in different types of writing, such as advertisements, descriptions, letters, narrative, newspaper articles, notices, poems, postcards
; Individual, pair work, group and whole class activities
; Teaching notes for games 1-40, and material designed to be photocopied for games 1-30
; 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
; Function: expressing thanks
; Type of writing: letter; 2. Job applications
; Function: describing abilities
; Type of writing: advertisements, letter
; 3. Animal problems
; Function: asking for and giving advice
; Type of writing: letter
; 4. Rules
; Function: permission and prohibition
; Type of writing: notices; 5. Moral tales
; Function: narrating past events
; Type of writing: narrative; 6. Riddles
; Function: describing objects
; Type of writing: description; 7. Sense association
; Function: describing sense impressions
; Type of writing: poem; 8. Election manifestos
; Function: promises and predictions
; Type of writing: manifesto; 9. A martian sends a postcard home
; Function: describing objects and habits
; Type of writing: postcard; 10. Warnings
; Function: giving advice and warnings
; Type of writing: notices; 11. Interplanetary penfriends
; Function: exchanging personal information
; Type of writing: letter; 12. Café portraits
; Function: describing people
; Type of writing: poem; 13. Rip van Winkle writes home
; Function: describing changes
; Type of writing: letter; 14. Headline jumble
; Function: reporting past events
; Type of writing: newspaper article; 15. Cartoon treasure hunt
; Function: narrating past events
; Type of writing: narrative; 16. Concrete poems
; Function: describing objects, feelings and concepts
; Type of writing: poem; 17. Haiku
; Function: describing objects and feelings
; Type of writing: poem; 18. Diamond poems
; Function: describing characteristics
; Type of writing: poem; 19. Fairytale update
; Function: narrating past events
; Type of writing: narrative; 20. History / Herstory
; Function: narrating past events
; Type of writing: narrative; 21. The Interstellar Times
; Function: narrating past events, expressing opinions, describing objects, promises, predictions, describing films and listing entertainment
; Type of writing: newspaper articles, letters, advertisements, reviews; 22. Hard sell
; Function: persuasion, promises
; Type of writing: advertisements; 23. Soap operas
; Function: expressing emotions
; Type of writing: dialogue; 24. Xmas mail mart
; Function: describing objects and how they work
; Type of writing: advertisement; 25. Circle writing
; Function: various
; Type of writing: dialogue; 26. Lonely hearts
; Function: giving personal information
; Type of writing: advertisement, letter; 27. Freaky fables
; Function: narrating past events
; Type of writing: narrative; 28. Postcards from the third millennium
; Function: describing scenes, places, habits and customs
; Type of writing: postcard; 29. Secret thoughts of modern art
; Function: various
; Type of writing: monologue; 30. Art adventure
; Function: narrating past events
; Type of writing: narrative; 31. Definition poems
; Function: describing concepts and feelings
; Type of writing: poems; 32. Film shots
; Function: describing scenes and places
; Type of writing: description; 33. Dream dictation
; Function: narrating past events, describing scenes and places
; Type of writing: description, narrative; 34. Dream auction
; Function: narrating past events, describing scenes and places
; Type of writing: description, narrative; 35. Detective stories
; Function: narrating past events
; Type of writing: narrative; 36. Half fruit
; Function: describing sense impressions
; Type of writing: description; 37. Fashion show
; Function: describing clothes
; Type of writing: description; 38. Love letters
; Function: expressing emotion
; Type of writing: letter; 39. Postcards
; Function: describing scenes and places
; Type of writing: postcard; 40. Catalogue poems
; Function: describing scenes
; Type of writing: poem
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