a collaborative writing task using a google doc

the following post talks about a collaborative task I gave to my Armenian Elementary students during my internship in summer.

the task was based on their textbook. They were asked to write a biography of a famous Armenian.

"Firstly, the class was divided into three groups of four. Each group had one student who was more proficient in writing than the rest. I created the docs and shared them with the groups.
in every doc there was a from that students had to follow. the form helped them to figure out the main points they had to talk about. In class, I assigned one role to each student in the groups. One student (the proficient one) had to proofread and check the language of the work. Two students were searching the internet to find relevant information to their work. one student was typing. eventually, they had to do a poster presentation of their work."

Firstly, dividing the groups according to their writing proficiency levels helped me to recognize their weakness and their strengths and gave me feedback on how to go further through the course. Secondly, it wasn't convenient for all the students to bring their gadgets so I asked only one student from each group to bring their laptops or their tablet.
the task being scripted did help them to organize their thoughts and put them in a cohesive piece of writing.
assigning the roles was not that much uncomfortable especially that each one had to do something according to their abilities.