A dynamic “chat” writing activity:

This is similar to chatting on your PC

You can do this in a one to one class or in groups.

In a one to one, you and your student have a pile of paper strips. You write on the first one. Say: Have you read the news today? Then pass your paper to your student who reads it and answers by writing on one of their paper strip and passes it to you…and so on. It’s spontaneous and fun. Who says writing in class is boring and time consuming!

For group classes you can pairs students off or get them to do this in groups of say 4. Instead of passing their note to a student, they put it in the middle. Make sure the strips are ordered one after another. Then after this task (say 15 mins later) all the students can go around and read all the other groups chain and vote for the funniest one!