This is an exercise to improve and further strengthen a students writing skills.

Write the topic of 'Inventions' on the wipe board and ask students to explain what invention they would like to create and why.

Tell them they can use pictures, information from the Internet or diagrams but they have to express their reasons for the invention clearly in writing.

As this is a writing exercise you should remind students of the 'TAR technique'.

T- Think
A- Act
R- Repair

Remind them that they need to think about what they are going to write and make notes. Then they should put their notes together and write down what they have prepared. Lastly they should check for any mistakes and ways of improving what they have written down.

Get students to read out what they have written down to the rest of the class.

Explain to your students that the following lesson will be a discussion on what invention each student came up with.

On the following lesson ask students to comment on what they think of each other's inventions.

Class feedback is a good way of encouraging students to help each other improve!