Writing

Learning Objectives: -
 Understands the writing is the outcome of Listening, Speaking,
Reading and writing.
 Recognizes the difference of what makes good writing and a good
writer.
 To sensitize effective and coherent statements and paragraphs.
 To analysis that writing is not a mere exhibition or performance
but a process.
 To generate ideas from sources to develop a content
 To build academic vocabulary.
 To use a variety of accurate sentence structures.
 To use pre-writing strategies to plan writing
Writing is the ultimate product of the four language skills, which are:
Listening Speaking Reading Writing
In our own language, writing is usually the fourth language skill that we learn.

Time required: - 60 minutes.

Materials required: - Pictures, handouts, Markers, Video clipping,
situational requirements.
Notes for Facilitator
 Divide the Teachers into pairs, small groups, such that no group has more than
four to five individuals.
 For some Activities pair work is required.
 Ensure that all learners get an opportunity to participate in all activities
Activity 1. Picture composition Guided writing TIME 10 MINUTES
Material required
Picture hand out
Notes to the facilitator
Observe the Picture carefully
write few sentences about the actions and the people were involved in the picture.
Picture

Activity 2. Narrating a story

TIME 10 MINUTES.
Material required
Pictures handout.
 Notes for the facilitator
 Observe the pictures carefully.
  Find the ideas found in the pictures
 Narrate a story.
- look at the sequence of Pictures. and build a story
 Activity -3 Dicto glassing
TIME 10 MINUTES
 Read the text carefully
 Find out the missing words/sentences /phrases from your partner.
 Fill in the blanks and re write the text.

Text -1

Once upon a time long ago when the animals could still speak (as Tswana people
say), Donkey---------------------------------. They lived together at a cattle post, far
away in the Kalahari Desert. But one day they decided to go and live in the city.
Life at the cattle post was dull and -----------------------------------------
They got up early in the morning long before the herd boy was awake and went
wait at the side of the road under a big thorn tree. Soon a bus approached and
stopped for them.
“Where are you going? “------------------------
“We are going to the city”. they replied.” will you take us?”
“Yes. Of course,”. He said. Get in”
It was a long way to the city, and the three friends ------------------------. But after a
while the conductor woke them up.
“Fares please! He said going to each of the passengers on the bus.
Donkey paid his money ------------------------. Then the dog paid his fare, but he paid
too much and the conductor did not have any change. “I will give you your change
when we reached the city, “--------------------------.
Goat did not have any money at all, but she did not tell the conductor “I will pay
you later when we get to the city, she said.
After a long time of travel --------------------------. As soon as the bus stopped at the
station Goat jumped out and ran away. The conductor was very angry “I will not
give you your change” he told the dog. ------------------------------------.
But Dog wanted his money and Barked loudly at the conductor.
Donkey ----------------------------------. He was not interested in the argument
because he knew that he had paid his fare.
And that is why even today when a bus passes through a village the goats run
away from it. They are afraid of the conductor because they know that they did
not pay for her trip to the city. The Dogs bark at the bus because they are still -----
---------------------------------------- that the conductor did not give to the dog. But the
Donkeys take no turn no notice of the bus and stand in the middle of the road,
right in front of it.
They know that long-ago Donkey paid his fare and so they are not afraid of any
bus. One day when they are ready, they will also get into the bus, and go to the
city.

Text-2
Once upon a time long ago when the animals could still speak (as Tswana people
say), Donkey, Dog and Goat were friends. -----------------------------------------, far
away in the Kalahari Desert. But one day they decided to go and live in the city.
Life at the cattle post was dull and they wanted ------------------------------.
They got up early in the morning long before the herd boy was awake and went
wait at the side of the road under a big thorn tree. Soon a bus approached and
stopped for them.
“---------------------------------------? “Asked the conductor.
“We are going to the city”. they replied.” will you take us?”
“Yes. Of course,”. He said. Get in”
It was a long way to the city, and the ------------------------------------------. But after a
while the conductor woke them up.
“Fares please! He said going to each of the passengers on the bus.
Donkey paid his money and got a ticket. Then the ------------------------, but he paid
too much and the conductor did not have any change. “I will give you your change
when we reached the city, “he told the dog.
Goat did not have any money at all, but she did not tell the conductor “I will pay
you later when we get to the city, she said.
After a long time of travel the journey ended. As soon as the bus stopped at the
station -----------------------------------------. The conductor was very angry “I will not
give you your change” he told the dog. I will use it to pay for Goats fare.
But Dog wanted his money and Barked loudly at the conductor.
Donkey climbed out of the bus slowly. He was -----------------------------------------
because he knew that he had paid his fare.
And that is why even today when a bus passes through a village the goats run
away from it. They are afraid of the conductor because they know that they did
not pay for her trip to the city. The Dogs bark at the bus because they are still
waiting for the change that the conductor did not give to the dog. But the ----------
--------------------------------------- no notice of the bus and stand in the middle of the
road, right in front of it.
They know that long-ago Donkey paid his fare and so they are not afraid of any
bus. One day when they are ready, they will also get into the bus, and go to the
city.
Summing up
 The facilitator should emphasize that writing is a systematic concrete
chronological and meaning full arrangement of generated ideas.
 Writing is at the end it is a process which is the ultimate product of Listening,
Speaking and Reading skills
 Writing helps to interpret and infer the difference between the good writing and
the good writer.
 Finally writing is good words in good order.
"Writing" is the process of using symbols (letters of the alphabet, punctuation and
spaces) to communicate thoughts and ideas in a readable form
What is Good Writing?
Good writing is when the reader meets a voice that is distinct, Good writing goes right
to the heart. Good writing touches the reader.
“What makes good writing?”
There are two kinds of people: Those who think they can write, and those who
think they can’t. And, very often, both are wrong.
“What makes someone a good writer?”
It’s easy to agree on the definition of writing if we limit it to something like “putting pen
to paper” or “typing ideas into a computer.”
 Writing is a response.
We write because we are reacting to someone or something. While writing, one can feel
like an isolating, individual act
 Writing is linear.
In order to communicate effectively, we need to order our words and ideas on the page
in ways that make sense to a reader.
 Writing is recursive.
As we write, we constantly rewrite. Sometimes we do this unconsciously, as we juggle
words, then choose, delete, and choose again.
 Writing is both subject and object.
we read written language as individual expression
it allows us to remove one’s own ideas from the confines of his head and fix those ideas
in another place
 Writing is decision making.
chooses the words, the order of the words in the sentence, the grouping of sentences
into paragraphs
decision-making can be a complex process, full of discovery, despair, determination, and
deadlines.
 Writing is a process.
Contending with the decision-making, linearity, social context, subjectivity, and
objectivity that constitute writing is a process that takes place over time and through
language.
 Understand verbal and written directions
 Be aware of print
 Recognizing signs and logos
 Recognizes names
 Reading and write letters
 Find a word that rhymes with a selected word
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