Try asking your students what they would like to write about. Motivation is a key factor to learning a language. Start off asking them what is their favorite animal in the whole wide world or easier still, what is their favorite color. For your older students, ask them to pretend to be a dinosaur and then ask them what is their favorite food and/or color. Then group the strongest dinosaurs together and have them chase after the other students and finally, get to the point where they eat the weaker dinosaurs.
Have your artistic students draw about what happened and your more advanced students should compose a narration about the resulting carnage and destruction of your classroom.
Get the point?
Eric Paul Monroehttp://www.eric-tesol.com/