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What is Writing

Writing is a method of representing language in visual or tactile form.

Writing systems use sets of symbols to represent the sounds of speech, and may also have symbols for such things as punctuation and numerals.

Why Do We Write?
Persuade

Describe

Inform

Entertain

Types of Writing

Expository Writing

Writing Readiness

Help students eliminate commonly reversed letters and numbers, cope with the serious writing difficulty dysgraphia, develop fine motor control, expressive language and sequencing skills through handwriting development programs.

Build letter recognition, hand skills, eyehand coordination, and sensory motor awareness while the child is having fun children feel successful and learn correct handwriting skills!

The skills and understandings necessary for minimum success in completing a writing task. Learning to write is a difficult task. Readiness in writing begins when the child gets a good start in reading and thoroughly enjoys reading.

Steps and techniques involved in preparing children to write

Developing interest and seeing relevance of skill of writing in daily life situation

Creating a need to express through writing

Developing skills

Seeing writing in meaningful context


Recognition of words in day-to-day experiences. It is important because the child sees that writing is useful in her/his day to day experiences Activities

Field visits- supermarket/ station/malls where they see the importance of labels and that they tell something Reading their names and names of other children Reading traffic signs/street signs Drawings with dictated stories

Creating a need to express through writing


Providing a print rich environment

Bulletin boards Books Value based stories Chalk and talk stories Stories made by children Post office box List of children and their phone numbers Calendars Greeting cards Invitations or advertisements for a book week

Mechanics

Mechanics is the term we use to describe the technical aspects of writing, such as spelling, punctuation, capitalization, etc.

If your story is not mechanically wellwritten, many educated readers will not even bother to read it, either because its too hard for them to figure out what youre trying to say, or they just assume the story wont be good because it doesnt appear to be well-written.

Despite the phrase Dont judge a book by its cover, appearance matters in fanfic.

Good mechanics make a story easy to read, and that will attract more readers.

If your story doesnt look worth reading, people may not read it.

CAPITALIZATION
The chief reason to capitalize a word is that the word is proper, not because the word has greater status than other words.

A proper noun identies a specic member of a class.

A common noun, on the other hand, denotes either the whole class or any random member of the class.

For example, King Henry VIII (a particular member of a class) was a king of England (the class itself).

PUNCTUATION
Punctuation are marks such as periods (.), question marks (?), exclamation points (!), commas (,), apostrophes (), quotation marks (), semi-colons (;), and colons (:).

When used correctly, they make writing look more organized and easier to read and understand.

They tell you how to read a line and where to pause or breathe.

Even if youre not reading out loud, punctuation is important to the meaning of text

RULES OF MECHANICS
Some students may have an easy time remembering rules for practicing mechanics and grammar on a work sheet, but struggle to remember everything at once while writing a paragraph, story, or report. To spell words correctly, students need to have a good understanding about the sounds that make up words, and how these sounds can be put together to create letters and words on paper. Some students are very good at remembering what words look like, others may sound out the word as they are spelling it.

As students progress through school, it is very helpful if they can remember how to spell many words automatically.

When students are able to spell a word without stopping to think about it, they can pay more attention to remembering and organizing the ideas they want to write.

This chart describes some important skills related to the mechanics of written language.

PENMANSHIP

Penmanship is the technique of writing with the hand using a writing instrument.

The various generic and formal historical styles of writing are called hands, whilst an individual personal style of penmanship is referred to as handwriting.

Handwriting requires the motor coordination of multiple joints in the hand, wrist, elbow, and shoulder to form letters and to arrange them on the page.

Holding the pen and guiding it across paper depends mostly upon sensory information from skin, joints and muscles of the hand and this adjusts movement to changes in the friction between pen and paper.

Early Writing 1.Sentence building

Incomplete sentences, missed periods or capitals, and a lack of varied sentence starters are a source of endless frustration in the writing process. How many children and teachers are tired of writing/reading stories in which most sentences begin with: Then he.... So then... But then.... The man.... He... She.... Because....? Why is it children write this way? How can it be transformed? The first reason many children struggle with writing incomplete sentences, missing periods or capital letters is that concrete explanations on the abstract concept of subject and predicate are difficult to give.

Concrete teaching on predicate can be accomplished using the question words: who, what, why, where, when and how. The question words are used to vary sentence beginnings and change sentence structure. Through oral discussion and written modelling a solid grasp of sentence structure can be laid. Application exercises reinforce the concepts until mastery is achieved.

2.Paragraph writing
For students at the early years, writing can prove to be a daunting task. It is especially difficult for them to internalize fundamental skills need to develop well-written compositions. Direct and systematic writing instruction using a step-by-step approach can help students not only become better writers but also foster an I can do it attitude.

A paragraph is group of logically related sentences Start with a sentence that describes the logical relationship (thread) Keep continuity

Keep a common verb tense Dont string together loosely related sentences

Consider these ideas for creating a strong beginning!

Surprising fact- The pentagon has twice as many bathrooms as are necessary. Humour- Jimmy replaced the hard boiled Easter egss with fresh ones and his father decided to take the first crack! Quotation-Hillary Rodham Clinton once said that There cannot be true democracy unless women's voices are heard. Curiosity-A ducks quack doesnt echo. Definition- A homograph is a word with two or more pronunciations. Anecdote- Yesterday morning I watched as my older sister left for school with a bright white glob of toothpaste gleaming on her chin. I felt no regret at all until she stepped onto the bus

How to teach paragraph writing?

Remind students that the main idea of an informational paragraph is the topic, or subject of the piece. The thesis statement, or topic sentence, sets up and states the main idea of the paragraph and tells the reader what to expect from the paragraph. Supporting details back up the main idea. Specific examples help make the main idea clear to the reader. Remind students that they should give at least three supporting detail sentences. Students can come up with supporting details by posing their main idea as a question: How do you know _______?

The closing sentence is the conclusion, or ending of the paragraph. The closing sentence should tie all the ideas in the paragraph together. Strong closing sentences echo the main idea but also expand the writers thesis. Encourage your students to incorporate personal opinions, predictions, or inferences in their closing sentences.

Conclusion
- Writing can be an overwhelming experience for some students, so it is important that you encourage and empower your children by giving them the tools and information they need to build their writing skills and their confidence. You may want to review different prewriting skills with students, such as brainstorming techniques, journaling, and graphic organizers. - The easiest way to get children excited and familiar with writing is to practice writing. Have your children write a few sentences each day or keep a diary or journal. Incorporating writing into daily activities will help them become better, more confident writers.

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