Half the story (intermediate)

Half the story (intermediate)

Objective

The primary objective of the worksheet is to encourage creative writing and critical thinking by requiring students to reconstruct the missing half of a conversation.

Content and Methods

  • Content: The worksheet presents a "half-dialogue" regarding a specific topic of your choice.


  • Methods: The worksheet uses an incomplete dialogue completion task ("Half the story") to practice conversational flow and context clues.
  • It concludes with open-ended reflective questions to transition from creative writing to personal opinion and argumentative expression.

Competencies

  • Creative Writing: Drafting coherent and contextually appropriate responses to maintain a logical conversation.
  • Sociolinguistic Competence: Understanding and using conversational fillers and responses common in informal English dialogues.
  • Thematic Reflection: Evaluating a specific topic.
  • Perspective-Taking: Inferring the hidden side of a discussion based on the reactions of the remaining speaker.

Target Group and Level

  • Target Group: Grade 7 and above


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Target group and level

Grades 7 and above

Subjects

English

Half the story (intermediate)

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