Round Robin Story: A Simple Group Writing Activity for ESL/EFL | TEFL Writing Classes

Round Robin story is a fun ESL activity that focuses on writing. It’s great for all ages and can also be used as a TEFL speaking and listening activity if you do this orally. Keep on watching for all the details you need to know! ------- • Check out this blog post for more details on this quick writing activity https://www.eslactivity.org/round-robin-story/ • If you liked this video, watch another ESL speaking activity by @Interactive English https://youtu.be/7K8Pe4WH6xs ------ Check out my ESL Writing Games, Activities & Teaching Tips book: https://amzn.to/3QafjEh https://www.facebook.com/eslspeaking https://www.pinterest.ca/eslspeaking/ https://www.instagram.com/jackie.bolen/ https://www.tiktok.com/@englishwithjackie?lang=en #esl #teachingenglishwithjackie #speakingenglish #englishactivities ------------------------------------------------------- Even more Ideas for the TEFL Classroom: https://eslspeaking.org/ -------------------------------------------------------- Transcript for Round Robin Story: Round Robin story is a very simple ESL writing activity. It's fun because it involves groups. So generally writing is kind of a solo activity. That's why I like to try to make some kind of group or team writing activities just to kind of spice things up a little bit in my English classes. For Round Robin story each student has a piece of paper and a pen and they start the story off with something. It could be like a theme or it could just be general, like leave it open and they write one sentence. There was a guy named Bob. And then everyone passes their paper one to the left or to the right or in the circle or just however your classroom is set up. And then the next student adds a sentence. There was a guy named Bob. Bob went to the store yesterday. And then the students pass the paper along and when this time is almost up, it depends on how many sentences you want to add. It depends on the level of the students and how much time you have for this activity, I'll generally say okay, there are two more sentences left. Wrap up the story. Then they have to kind of like read the story and a little bit figure out how to end it. When all the stories are done and the time is up, I'll collect the stories and then I'll quickly read them out. Or, you could have students just read the stories themselves. You could put them on the wall, something like that. Okay, so that is a very simple group writing activity you can try out in your ESL or EFL classes. For more ideas for teaching English writing be sure to check out my book: ESL Writing Activities. I'll put the link up there for you. And if you like this video please hit like, subscribe, and leave a comment and tell me your favourite ESL writing activity. Timestamp 0:00 Intro 0:06 A group writing activity 0:25 What is round robin story? 1:13 How the activity finishes 1:30 Conclusion Tags: esl writing, esl writing activity, tefl writing, elt, teaching writing, teaching english writing, Round Robin story, activity for all ages, found robin story activity, round robin worksheets, round robin story writing, round robin esl, round robin esl activity, round robin esl game, round robin writing, group writing activity