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Teaching of Writing Stages in Learning To Write

The document discusses the stages of learning to write, including writing readiness, early writing, and mature writing. It provides details on developing writing readiness skills, guidelines for early writing instruction with a focus on handwriting, and examples of copying activities that can help students master the mechanics of writing in the early stages. The document emphasizes making writing practice meaningful, interesting, and providing guidance to students without errors.

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Teaching of Writing Stages in Learning To Write

The document discusses the stages of learning to write, including writing readiness, early writing, and mature writing. It provides details on developing writing readiness skills, guidelines for early writing instruction with a focus on handwriting, and examples of copying activities that can help students master the mechanics of writing in the early stages. The document emphasizes making writing practice meaningful, interesting, and providing guidance to students without errors.

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TEACHING OF WRITING

STAGES IN LEARNING TO WRITE


Stages in Learning To Write

Writing Early
Readiness Writing

Developmental Mature
Writing Writing
WRITING
READINESS
What Is Writing Readiness ?

The fundamental skills student need to develop before they are


able to write.

These skills contribute to a student ability to hold and use a


pencil, and the ability to draw, write, copy, and colour.

A major component of pre-writing skills are the pre-writing


shapes.
Why Are Writing Readiness Skills Important?

It is an essential for a student to be able to develop the ability


to hold and move a pencil fluently and effectively .

Therefore produce legible writing.


EARLY
WRITING
1. General Guidelines

 The early stages of a writing programme will be uterlized for pre-


communicative activities through students to learn the mechanics and
conventions. It is necesssary for effective communicative writing.

 This include hand writing, spelling, punctuation and paragraphing.

The mechanics of writing are the least intersting part of writing.


Early Writing Instruction

• Provide meaningful context for learning the mechanics of


writing.

• Use students own writing composition for giving them insight


into writing.

• Constantly keep the benefits of learning to write before them.

• Make it a practice to read to your students a variety of things.

• Develop your students natural curiosity and thinking skills


2. Handwriting

• There may be some


students who need
coaching to improve
accuracy regularity and
fluency and know
knowledge of writing
conventions.
a) Space between letters in a word and space between
words in sentences.

Refer to
page
148
b) Letter should be written in regular size and
height.

Refer to
page
149
c) Correct direction of pen movement.

Refer to
page
149
Guidelines For Preparing Writing Worksheet.

• Concentrate on a few difficulties faced by your student.

• Provide sufficient guidance to ensure pupils do not make errors.

• Although the practice is on a single element, it must evoke the


feeling that something has been written.

• There must be a sense of purpose in the practice.


 Teacher must ensure that there is provision for the elements of
good writing:

1. Formation

2. Slant

3. Size

4. Alignment

5. Spacing
3. Further Copying Activities

• To help students master the mechanics of writing, a variety of


copying activities may be used at the early stages.

• They can be in the form of puzzles, games, or other cognitively


challenging tasks.

• Copying activities interesting and meaningful.


Example:

• Copy the words that


they have learnt and fill
in the puzzle.
EXAMPLE:

• Classifying
words/image by
copying them into tables.
Quiz time!!

1.What are writing readiness?

2.Does punctuation is a part of general guidelines under early


writing? (T/F)

3. How to make students improve their handwriting?

4. What is the provision for the element of good writing?

5. Give example of activities that can help students master the


mechanics of writing?

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