Writing and Representing - encouraging writing

Writing and Representing - encouraging writing

1. Concept: Heroism

   • Avacado Baby - Burningham Stuart Little Diary of Anne Frank

2. Classification of texts

   • Driven by purpose
   • message to audience?
   • imaginative, persuasive, informative
   • always overlap

3. Modelled writing

   • teacher demonstrates what efficient writer does
   • think aloud
   • student gain knowledge of text, language, structure
   • explicit strategies
   • whole group, small group, individual
   • graphic organisers
   • focus on ideas to page NOT mechanics
   • word banks
   • Assessment: questions and student comments

4. Shared/ interactive writing

   • Teacher as scribe
   • whole, group, individual
   • discussion and open-ended qs
   • brainstorm vocab
   • discuss each stage
   • think aloud
   • Assessment: contributions, direct questions

5. Guided writing

   • guided by teacher
   • student holds pen and composes individually
   • planning guided by individuals
   • students producing more complex texts
   • talk about purpose, structure, audience, important information, ending, vocab, imagery
   • Assessment: observation, questioning

6. Independent

   • scaffolding
   • may still need support
   • sharing time to validate ideas
   • feedback
   • focus on ideas then mechanics
   • editing
   • Assessment: observation, final product elements

7. Encouraging writing

   • focus on teaching writers not writing
   • allow personal interest
   • appreciate different writing styles
   • understand development: letters>sounds>words>sentences
   • DON'T block idea stage
   • Read aloud each day
   • Model writing each day (e.g. date on board)
   • Teach to write with sounds
   • drop everything and write
   • rehearse orally then write - writing is harder than speaking
   • young students = large unlined paper
   • Free write book - set expectations
   • Lined paper after handwritting
   • take risks and make mistakes
   • Rubric

8. Stages of writing

   • Prewriting: motivation, brainstorm, story maps, word banks
   • Drafting: focusing on ideas
   • Revision: proof by reading aloud
   • Editing: make changes, add detail, check spelling, punctuation
   • Publishing

9. Positive atmosphere

   • Literacy rich
   • Computer centre
   • Display work
   • Group settings
   • Autrhors chair
   • Modelled respect
   • Routines and expectations
   • Writers notebook

10. 7 steps: Plan sizzling starters tightening tension dynamic dialogue show don't tell ban the boring exciting endings