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Slide 1:How to
teach
writing
Why write? :Why write? To communicate over distances
To communicate across time
To participate in society
To remember and record
To “make thought visible” and express your inner self
Slide 3:Notes emails letters essays stories
Signs advertisements subtitles articles
Diaries/journals magazines plays recipes
Labels/brands brochures maps textbooks How we write
Slide 4:The
Writing
Process
Slide 5:These are the steps in
the writing process.
What are the steps? :What are the steps?
Slide 7:Prewriting Drafting Editing / Revising Presenting
Slide 8:#1 Prewriting
Planning and Thinking
Getting your
thoughts down on paper.
Free-write, outline, notes
Discuss, think
EXAMPLES :EXAMPLES Brainstorming / Vocabulary
Surveying / forms
Researching / Discussion
Authors must think about…. :Authors must think about…. The purpose of their writing
The audience they are writing for
The content
(structure / sequence)
( genre / register)
Slide 11:#2 Writing
First Draft
Putting your ideas and thoughts together
Forming sentences and paragraphs
Slide 12:#3 – Editing
Revising and Reflecting
Rewriting or rearranging sentences.
Getting feedback
Proofreading
# 4 PresentingFinal Draft Sharing your workpublishing, speaking :# 4 PresentingFinal Draft Sharing your workpublishing, speaking
The whole process :The whole process
Conclusions? :Conclusions? What are the BENEFITS AND DRAWBACKS
of using the Writing Process in our classrooms?
DRAWBACKS :DRAWBACKS Takes too much time
Loss of student focus / interest
Not suited to some personalities
Students need to be taught it (peer editing / planning / stages)
Restricts spontaneity and range of writing activities.
Benefits :Benefits The creation of a product
Writing seen as a communicative and purposeful activity
Teaches students to plan and research
Student collaboration is developed.
Feedback and response given.
Slide 18:“Writing is a way of talking without being interrupted.” -- Jules Renard
Isn't it surprising how many things, if not said immediately, seem not worth saying ten minutes from now? ~Arnot L. Sheppard, Jr. Speaking Vs Writing
Speaking Vs Writing :Speaking Vs Writing We have produced a Venn Diagram object. Each part is a separate PowerPoint object, so you can colour them as you please
Speaking Vs Writing :Speaking Vs Writing
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