Among four skills which are necessary for EFL and ESL learners, written skills -reading comprehension and writing ability- have drawn more attention. In teaching skills, the importance of using pre- activity tasks cannot be denied. Therefore, this study tries to investigate the effects of three novel pre- activity tasks on reading comprehension and writing ability. Analyzing the effects of visual aids, group discussion, and pre- question on both reading comprehension and writing ability is the main purpose of this study.