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Writing Readiness (Revision)

The document discusses early writing development and focuses on sentence writing. It explains that sentences are the backbone of writing and teachers should guide students to write complete sentences rather than fragments. The teacher's role includes reading to students, playing word games to develop phonological awareness, supporting invented spelling, and providing various writing activities and opportunities for students to practice writing sentences using pictures, words, and visual stimuli. The goal is for students to master writing letters and words and be able to convey complete thoughts through sentences.

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Writing Readiness (Revision)

The document discusses early writing development and focuses on sentence writing. It explains that sentences are the backbone of writing and teachers should guide students to write complete sentences rather than fragments. The teacher's role includes reading to students, playing word games to develop phonological awareness, supporting invented spelling, and providing various writing activities and opportunities for students to practice writing sentences using pictures, words, and visual stimuli. The goal is for students to master writing letters and words and be able to convey complete thoughts through sentences.

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Writing readiness: Early writing

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The stages in early writing

Sentence building Paragraph writing

Do you know what are they?


Phrase? Sentence? Fragmented sentence? Paragraph?

Do you know what are they?


Phrase: a small group of words standing together as a conceptual unit, typically forming a component of a clause Sentence: a set of words that is complete in itself, typically containing a subject and predicate, conveying a statement, question, exclamation, or command, and consisting of a main clause and sometimes one or more subordinate clauses Fragmented sentence: incomplete sentence Paragraph: a distinct section of a piece of writing, usually dealing with a single theme and indicated by a new line, indentation, or numbering.

Early writing: Focus on writing a sentence


Why? Sentences are the backbone of all writing. How? Teacher must explain that sentences are:
A complete thought, not a partial one A statement, question or exclamation Must end with an appropriate punctuation

Early writing: Focus on writing a sentence


Teacher must explain that sentences are:
Proper sentence that should say who did something What they did Who or what they did it to
Teacher should guide pupils to rewrite if they produce a fragmented sentence

Part of sentence
Teacher need to discuss with the students about part of sentences the structure Teacher need to provide examples of sentences Teacher need to provide enough practice

Why pupils should practice writing complete sentence?


Its an important writing skill The pupils can write more smoothly and able to convey their ideas Good writing lead to good verbal skills. Children who understand the concept of complete sentences tend to use better grammar and syntax

Teachers role:
1. Read to Them! Writing and reading are closely related Read to them will help to increase their knowledge of vocabulary Pointing to words as you read them in stories or writing words said in a conversation will help them understand the link between spoken words and written text. Read a variety of things : to develop the pupils natural curiosity and thinking skill A considerable body of research confirms the link between being read to and learning to read and write successfully.

Teachers role:
2. Play rhyming and word games Children begin to learn about the sounds of language as they enjoy nursery rhymes and word games. Knowledge of nursery rhymes helps build phonological awareness later on - the ability to hear similarities and differences in words. Phonemic awareness refers to a child's understanding that speech is composed of identifiable units, including spoken words, syllables, and sounds.

Teachers role:
3. Support Invented Spelling Invented spelling = phonic spelling Example: a child may initially write b or bk for the word book to be followed by a more conventional form later on. As children engage in writing, they are learning to break down the words they wish to spell into their corresponding sounds.

Teachers role
4. Offer Writing Opportunities Writing helps children understand that there is a systematic relationship between letters and sounds. They learn that the alphabet includes a limited set of letters, and that these letters stand for the sounds that make up spoken words. They can grab this knowledge and skill through various of writing activities. Therefore, teacher need to provide meaningful context for learning the mechanics of learning Why? Learner learn best through something that they can relate to Example: use pupils own oral composition for giving them insights into writing

Example of writing activity in early writing stage:

Sentences Writing Activities


Picture Card Simple Sentences Steps: 1. Show a picture card to the whole class. 2. Get each pupil to write a sentence. 3. Pupils share their answers. 4. Add a twist by getting pupils to write a question.

Picture cards

Teaching Writing Skills in the Primary ESL Classroom Week3/Sem.2,2013/TAB

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Sentences Writing Activities


Word Card Activity Steps: 1. Pupils are required to rearrange card from individual bags to form a sentence. 2. Pupils switch bags and repeat the activity
Teaching Writing Skills in the Primary ESL Classroom Week3/Sem.2,2013/TAB 16

Sentences Writing Activities


Not a sentence 1. Teacher gives 2 index cards sentence and not a sentence 2. Teacher reads phrases and sentences aloud. 3. Pupils to decide whether it was a fragment or sentence.
Teaching Writing Skills in the Primary ESL Classroom Week3/Sem.2,2013/TAB 17

Sentences Writing Activities


Fill in the Story 1. Provide pupils with a one-page story that has missing words. 2. Pupils read and fill in the blanks. 3. Get pupils to share as a class with each pupil presenting a sentence from their story.
Teaching Writing Skills in the Primary ESL Classroom Week3/Sem.2,2013/TAB 18

Sentences Writing Activities


Showing Sentences-important for developing critical thinking abilities. 1. Teacher provides worksheets with a list of telling words with space so that pupils can add more detail and emotion-incorporating the five senses. 2. Allows pupils personal freedom to create their work.
Teaching Writing Skills in the Primary ESL Classroom Week3/Sem.2,2013/TAB 19

Sentences Writing Activities


Visual Stimulus 1. Use a visual motivator (an image of an animal or a person) to get pupils to think 2. Get them to form a set of descriptive sentences detailing the subjects actions and emotions to tell a brief story
Teaching Writing Skills in the Primary ESL Classroom Week3/Sem.2,2013/TAB 20

KSSR-aims in this early writing stage


At this stage, pupils would have mastered the mechanics of writing by forming letters, leaving sufficient space between letters and words so that their writing is legible. Pupils then learn to write at the word, phrase and sentence levels.

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