“The Impact of Interactive Activities on Basic Writing Skills Development in Grade 7

English: An Action Research Study”

"Writing is thinking, to a great degree. To write effectively is to think effectively."

– Anne Lamott

Writing is one of the biggest issues that student face nowadays. A lot of reasons like lack

of enthusiasm in composition, the latter develop into badly writes, gaining low grades, increase

the errors in their homework, write run-on phrases, and produce paragraphs that are not coherent.

Educators frequently hard it is to pinpoint the learner’s difficulty not until they submit their

outputs. Since many high school students have learned how to hide their poor reading and

writing skills it become more crucial to note on how to prevent the problems and complexities.

Majority of the learners have very basic writing comprehension, based on the researcher’s

observation. Learners poor writing abilities can be caused by a variety of factors, such as a lack

of interest, inadequate teaching or learning resources, and low motivation. By addressing these

issues, learner writing performance may improve. The way in which knowledge is imparted to

learners can still be improved, and educators need to be adaptable enough to change their

methods in response to the demands of their charges (Escala, 2019).

Teachers play a pivotal role in developing a student's capability to write on their own.

Different writing instructions have been given to them since the early years of their learning

proper letter formation. If the foundation of the learners is poor, then it could cause significant

setbacks in their academic achievements. Not only is writing essential for improving academic

success, but it also helps with social and emotional growth. The lack of vocabulary, bad
grammar, poor spelling, students' preparedness, and limited exposure to books and reading

resources are some of the difficulties that ESL students encounter (Moses & Mohamad, 2019).

Literacyideas.com (2023) gives 10 writing exercises that could help learners improve

their writing inside the classroom. These are easy and appropriate for almost any grade level. For

English teachers, it would be a great choice to utilize them. In the game known as "sentence

stretching," students take a brief sentence or collection of words and pass them around, adding or

rearranging one word at a time to make it more precise and entertaining. In the game of "rebus

writing," children compose phrases or longer texts by replacing nouns with illustrations. In the

game "It's in the Bag," kids have to feel an object inside a bag and use words to explain how they

feel. They remove it and change or add new adjectives. In the game of "touch and tell," students

pass an object around and offer an adjective to describe it. As an alternative, they can offer a

clause or adjectival phrase. Students play a game called Verb Draw, where they draw a verb on a

piece of paper and try to determine what it is.

The Department of Education (DepEd) has been thinking about several ways to raise the

standard of education in the Philippines. It also carries out research studies to find out the

obstacles that learners encounter while trying to enhance their writing activities and abilities and

to provide worksheets and learning activities that are suitable for helping them do so.

Cabigao (2023) states that students had poor proficiency in fundamental writing abilities

such as capitalization, punctuation, spelling, paragraphing, and cursive writing. It emphasizes the
fact that it is a necessity to create worksheets and learning activities that are specific to each

learner's needs in order to support the development of each student's own writing abilities.

Ulla et al. (2023) pointed out the needs, motivations, obstacles, and views of fifty

Agusan del Norte, Philippines, teachers with regard to their professional experiences with

research. Amidst the positive results, educators cannot deny the fact that they experience a

number of challenges, including their lack of research expertise and experience, their busy

schedules, and the inadequate funding provided by the schools. The teachers proposed lower

teaching schedules, research incentives, and research trainings as ways to get past these

obstacles.

It would be a great thing for educators to be culturally and linguistically aware of the

learners inside the classroom so they can design their interactive activities well. This includes

understanding the effects of culture on learners’ information processing and learning. Instructors

might begin by using surveys, questionnaires, and chats with students and families to get to

know their pupils. Additionally, teachers may see what subjects or exercises learners find most

interesting and incorporate those into their classes to emphasize what they need to enhance.

It is undeniably true that technology and locally accessible resources can enhance the

efficacy of treatments in a number of ways. Here are a few examples: online learning platforms:

These platforms give users access to educational materials and resources that might not be

available in their area. These platforms can also provide students with the chance to participate in

group projects and get feedback from peers and professors. Mobile devices: Students who reside

in remote places can access educational materials via mobile devices like tablets and

smartphones. Moreover, it could easily be utilized to gather information about student learning
and give educators feedback. Open educational resources, or OERs, are publicly accessible

online educational tools. Open Educational Resources (OER) may be utilized to enhance current

course materials and give students access to a greater variety of information. Gamification:

Gamification is the application of game design features outside of the context of games.

Gamification is a useful tool for increasing student engagement and motivation in the classroom.

Additionally, teacher training programs may assist educators in gaining the skills and knowledge

necessary to successfully incorporate technology and locally accessible resources into their

lesson plans.