Enhancing Writing Skills Through Structured Teaching Activities
This resource offers insights on teaching writing effectively, focusing on engaging activities, success criteria, and addressing common weaknesses. It also covers issues to consider and text types in various subject areas to aid educators in enhancing students' writing proficiency.
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The sequence for teaching writing Wokingham 21thMay 2012 Private: Information that contains a small amount of sensitive data which is essential to communicate with an individual but doesn t require to be sent via secure methods.
Aims To engage with the sequence for teaching writing To explore the use of success criteria, modelling and peer- and self-assessment in developing writing Private: Information that contains a small amount of sensitive data which is essential to communicate with an individual but doesn t require to be sent via secure methods.
Issues to consider Knowledge, skills and understanding are ultimately measured through writing Discrepancy between writing demands at Key Stage 3 and 4 Pupils may not transfer their learning about writing from one subject to another Some teachers need to develop confidence in teaching writing explicitly Private: Information that contains a small amount of sensitive data which is essential to communicate with an individual but doesn t require to be sent via secure methods.
Weaknesses in writing what the research tells us Knowledge of genre inconsistent Poor paragraphing Lack of detail/inability to express ideas clearly Incorrect usage at word and phrase level, for example, modal verbs to indicate probability or possibility, e.g. may/might/must Narrow range of vocabulary Punctuation errors Subject-verb agreements Private: Information that contains a small amount of sensitive data which is essential to communicate with an individual but doesn t require to be sent via secure methods.
Text types in subject areas Activity: Consider the text types and identify the those that: pupils are required to engage with in your subject area pupils find most difficult will ensure pupils achieve at the highest levels in your subject area. Private: Information that contains a small amount of sensitive data which is essential to communicate with an individual but doesn t require to be sent via secure methods.
The sequence for teaching writing Activity: Sequence the cards to show the process for teaching writing. Private: Information that contains a small amount of sensitive data which is essential to communicate with an individual but doesn t require to be sent via secure methods.
The sequence for teaching writing 1. Establish clear aims 2. Provide example(s) 3. Explore the features of the text 4. Define the conventions 5. Demonstrate how it is written 6. Compose together 7. Scaffold the first attempts 8. Independent writing 9. Draw out key learning Private: Information that contains a small amount of sensitive data which is essential to communicate with an individual but doesn t require to be sent via secure methods. 10. Review
Steps 1 Aim: To write an analytical text in response to the question: Which was more important as a reason for the failure of the League of Nations: its handling of the Manchurian Crisis 1931-33; its handling of the Abyssinian Crisis 1935-36? You must refer to both reasons when explaining your answer. Private: Information that contains a small amount of sensitive data which is essential to communicate with an individual but doesn t require to be sent via secure methods.
Steps 2 & 3: provide examples and explore features of the text Activity: Read the text in front of you in pairs. What makes it an effective answer? Consider: structure & organisation content language used (e.g. tense, complexity of sentences, use of modal verbs, etc.) use of evidence Private: Information that contains a small amount of sensitive data which is essential to communicate with an individual but doesn t require to be sent via secure methods.
Step 4: define the conventions Private: Information that contains a small amount of sensitive data which is essential to communicate with an individual but doesn t require to be sent via secure methods.
Step 5: Demonstrate how it is written Private: Information that contains a small amount of sensitive data which is essential to communicate with an individual but doesn t require to be sent via secure methods.
A sequence for teaching writing Explore features of text Demonstrate how it is written Establish clear aims Provide example(s) Define the conventions Private: Information that contains a small amount of sensitive data which is essential to communicate with an individual but doesn t require to be sent via secure methods.
Sequence for teaching writing: steps 5 - 10 Year 9 unit on sound and hearing End of unit assessment: The Mosquito Device Task: write a leaflet Audience: independent shop keepers Purpose: to persuade them to buy the Mosquito Device Already covered how sound travels, pitch, how the ear works Shared a model Happy Home Security Device Success criteria set Private: Information that contains a small amount of sensitive data which is essential to communicate with an individual but doesn t require to be sent via secure methods.
Private: Information that contains a small amount of sensitive data which is essential to communicate with an individual but doesnt require to be sent via secure methods.
A sequence for teaching writing Compose together Scaffold first attempts Independent writing Draw out key learning Review Private: Information that contains a small amount of sensitive data which is essential to communicate with an individual but doesn t require to be sent via secure methods.
