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Teaching Writing - Coggle Diagram
Teaching Writing
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Writing issues
The writing process
- Plan, draft, re-plan, edit, re-edit, re-plan etc 2. Produce a final version
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Genre
- Decide which genre is engaging & important 2. Examples of texts within a genre 3. How typical texts within a genre are constructed 4. Guided writing for lower levels
Writing sequences
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Example 1: Postcards
- Where the missing words will be put 2. Circle the words that can be left out
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More writing suggestions
Brochures & guides
- How they are put together 2. Students write for their areas 3. Serious piece of work
Writing in other genres
- Write personal narratives 2. Brainstorming ideas 3. Discourse essays 4. Study models 5. Prepare arguments for and against a proposition
Newspapers & magazines
- Analyze genre & imitate it 2. Construction of headlines, arrangement of articles, column letters
Collaborative writing
- Construct texts together 2. Reproduce a story after hearing, story circle, computer screens etc
Using music & pictures
- Excellent for writing & speaking 2. They can write postcards
Writing to each other
- Email-interview, live chat sessions, pen-pal exchanges (key-pals or moue-pals)
Instant writing
- To write immediately 2. Students feel comfortable 3. It gives them thinking time
Poetry
- Write poems 2. It allows to express yourself 3. Write acrostic poems, poetry alphabet, sentence frames etc 4. Creative activity
Correcting written work
- Inform students that they will correct mistakes of spelling, grammar or punctuation 2. Use written symbols 3. Use editing tools such as Track Changes 4. React to the form and content both
Handwriting
- Encourage neatness & legibility 2. Show examples of certain letters 3. Show them where to start the first stroke 4. Trace letters on lined paper