TSL 3073

ISL

WEEK 3

General guidelines for Early Writing

1. Provide meaningful contexts for learning the mechanics of writing.
- Eg: If children are made to see that good handwriting and spelling are courtesies
to the reader, they are most likely to be interested in paying attention to
maintaining the proper balance between words.
2. Use pupils own oral compositions for giving them insights into writing.
- Children can compose or can be taught to compose long before they have the
handwriting and spelling skills necessary to write down what they want to say.
3. Constantly keep the benefits of learning to write before them.
- Eg : If you give long lists of things for pupils to bring, point out how useful writing
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down the list would be in helping them remember what to bring.

Captions are useful for the students.

4. Make it a practice to read to your pupils a variety of things.

- Get students into discussion about what they like about the stories.
- The reading will serve as a model to the students during their writing.
5. Develop your pupils natural curiosity and thinking skills.
- No curiosity=Nothing to say

Handwriting in Early Writing

Tips :
a. Space between letters in a word and space between words in a sentence.
b. The proportion of parts of the letters; letters should be written in regular size and
height.
c. The correct direction of pen movements.
Good handwriting:
a. Formation: Each letter should be well formed and joined correctly, following the right
direction.
b. Slant : All letters must lean the same way, and all downward and upward strokes
should be parallel.
c. Size : All letters should be evenly sized.
d. Spacing : Spaces between letters and words must be even.
e. Alignment : All the letters should touch the line, and letters that go above or below
the line must do so consistently

Activities for mastering mechanics of writing :

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ISL

WEEK 3

Preparing a guest list for a birthday party.

Classification and copying.
Crossword puzzleclothing
Copying a poem
Completing a dialogue