Notes from “Lighting the Literacy Fire” Jill E.
Eggleton, Writing Pg. 85-113
Ideas
for writing.
Shared
writing – Teacher and students work together to
construct a piece of writing. E.g. retelling a story that has been read to the
class – class has been on a trip – a visitor has been in the school/class –
when an investigation or experiment has been carried out.
Interactive
Writing – Similar to shared writing, but each student
writes down the text for themselves. Some words may have to be modelled. Best
with small groups.
Writing
for Students – Teacher takes control of the writing and
demonstrates their own writing in front of the students, explaining each step
of the process.
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Have the learning intentions
or targets on a chart alongside you and clearly visible.
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Explain why you are writing
(purpose)
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Explain who you are writing
for (audience)
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What you are going to writing
about (topic)
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What text form you writing
is going to shaped in (e.g. description, explanation…)
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Write in front of the
students, talking to them about what you are going to say next and why.
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Select a feature of deeper
features and discuss as you write.
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Use high frequency words.
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Reinforce punctuation.
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Reread, talking to the students
about the importance of revisiting your writing to see if anything can be added
or deleted to make the message clearer.
Text
Form Cards – have text form cards available for students.
They have the features and structures for different text forms listed.
Independent
Writing
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Students should write every
day.
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Conferencing is very
important to give feedback to the writher on strengths and needs. This could be
partner conferences, Group conferences, and student/teacher conferences
Publishing – gives and purpose to the writing and is an important factor in keeping
students enthusiastic about their writing.
Different
Forms of Writing.
Narrative – Adventure Stories, Mysteries, Science Fiction, Fantasy, Myths and
Legends, Fables, Fairy Tales, Poetry, Plays
Personal
Narratives – Informational Reports, Newspaper Reports,
Factual Descriptions, Journals, Interviews, Diaries, Journals, Biographies,
Auto biographies.
Explanations – Informational Explanations, News Articles.
Persuasive – Persuasive Arguments, Advertisements, Brochures.
Procedural – Recipes, Directions, Manuals, Rules, Experiments.
Letters – Friendly, Formal, Emails, Faxes.
- Sharing PLD knowledge, relevant readings and research with colleagues.
Observation of Steve's writing lesson using Pobble. Purpose was to pick up some behaviour management strategies and see how Steve runs the writing so I can continue on the same page when I am in Room 4. Very useful for me to take into my own teaching, especially watching his time management,getting students to teach each other and getting the students all working quite quickly through the task. Will make time while I am on placement to observe Craig and Judy Anne also.
