what is the best way to make writing courses interesting?

Answer 1

you can't make writing courses interesting. It's against the laws of nature or somthing.

Answer 2

What I normally do is ask the students to make a list of three things they love talking about, and then we vote as a class which ones we will take. That makes up the bulk of what we write about, with the student whose idea it was being the one in charge for that particular project.
Another activity that works for me is to give them three unrelated objects or pictures, and ask them to write something that links these into a unified whole. It makes up for a very good speaking and writing exercise.

Answer 3

Find out what interests the kids and base the writing topic on that. Also, you can use a painting as inspiration - the kids write a story based on the image.

Answer 4

Who says it should be interesting? It isn't about entertaining the students, but finding topics that engage them--in other words, ones they can relate to--works well.

Have students analyze artifacts of popular culture (advertisements, billboards, cd covers and lyrics, television commercials, etc); they enjoy writing about those things, because they see them every day, and students have perspectives they feel compelled to share on them.

Answer 5

I suggest getting Zinsser's book, "On Writing Well".
The proof is in the writing. When a book on writing can hold your attention, you know it is by someone who knows what they are doing.