Report Writing Skills for Teachers
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For many teachers, report-writing is the most stressful task with which they are confronted - requiring many hours of input, revisions and consideration. But this does not have to be the case. There are tools, techniques and tricks out there, used by professional report writers (inside and outside of education) to make the job quicker and more satisfying for writer and reader. These include lessons on remaining objective, while coming across as a real live human being; maintaining the appropriate style and tone; writing so that parents can easily read, scan and assimilate content; referring to each child in a fresh way, without copying and pasting; and, of course, aligning with global best practices in educational report writing. These slides form part of a presentation in which Tiffany Markman guides teachers through these issues, to leave them with a greater sense of how to tackle this important part of the educator's job.
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Report Writing Skills for Teachers
- 2. SAALED Workshop October 2014
- 3. REPORT WRITING for Teachers
- 4. I’m Tiffany Markman Copywriter Columnist & Author Writing Teacher
- 6. 1. Tone 2. Content choices 3. Structure 4. Freshness
- 7. 1. TONE
- 8. What’s the right tone?
- 9. Let’s look at register.
- 11. Bad words Good words Lucidity Clarity Peruse Read Ascertain Determine Transpire Happen Obtain Get
- 12. Thomas is a livewire with tons of energy and no fear. Sometimes he turns into a wild animal, bouncing off our class’s walls. Maybe too much sugary food is being packed into his lunch? He has a great vibe with his classmates and is Mr Popular! Especially with the little girls, whose hair he regularly pulls in teasing fun. Thomas is able to sort out issues in his ‘gang’, though he does have trouble sharing the leadership role while playing. He is starting to pick up sad faces around him and will grind his play to a halt to help an unhappy friend.
- 13. A quick word on jargon
- 14. 80% 20%
- 15. Here are some examples of useful jargon: Ball skills Perceptual and cognitive development Pre-writing skills Gross Motor skills Fine Motor skills Self-correcting games Numeracy concepts Postural control Auditory memory Physical agility Mathematical problem-solving Hand-eye coordination Pencil control
- 16. Be ruthless about wordiness.
- 18. Evaluate as often as possible.
- 19. Natalie has made pleasing progress in all areas of her growth and development.
- 20. Natalie has made pleasing progress in all areas of her growth and development.
- 21. Natalie has learned to manage challenging social interactions with assistance and has increased her circle of friends. She has also built up better immunity and so her general health has improved.
- 22. I am glad that Kavin has started Occupational Therapy. He loves visiting the OT room for our Gross Motor sessions, where he makes the most of the activities and challenges.
- 23. I am glad that Kavin has started Occupational Therapy. We can see a noticeable improvement in his climbing, focus and auditory memory in the OT Room.
- 24. Connect 2 ideas.
- 25. Alexiya is keen to learn (topic) and produces her own research on subjects that interest her (detail); in sharing these with the class she motivates her peers to learn more about the world around them (outcome).
- 26. Jonty is extremely helpful (topic): he can always be counted on to take the dishes and containers back to the kitchen (detail).
- 27. Daniel needs to be encouraged to solve problems independently (first idea) rather than becoming anxious if confronted with a difficulty (second idea). I suggest/I plan to...
- 28. Paige enjoys the self-correcting games, pushing herself to complete all levels (first idea) by... She also sets up cooperative games and invites friends to play (second idea), which demonstrates…
- 29. Quiz yourself on 2 fronts.
- 30. 1. Am I being too general?
- 31. 2. So what?
- 32. LET’S try this together.
- 33. ‘Thake has new-found confidence and dexterity with regard to Fine Motor skills.’
- 34. 1. Am I being too general?
- 35. Yes. Give specific examples, like: ‘His pencil grip is now correct and he can write his name correctly.’
- 36. 2. So what?
- 37. ‘This means that Thake… [is beginning to prepare himself for Grade 1.]’
- 38. LET’S do another one.
- 39. ‘Loago is showing remarkable progress in her Fine Motor skills.’
- 40. 1. Am I being too general?
- 41. Yes. Give specific examples, like: ‘She can tie her own shoelaces, which is an incredible achievement for a four-year-old!’
- 42. 2. So what?
- 43. ‘Wow! Well done Loago.’
- 44. 3. STRUCTURE
- 45. General rules for structure
- 47. Grade 0 WORK HABITS PERCEPTION LANGUAGE NUMERACY GROSS MOTOR FINE MOTOR CREATIVE SOCIAL / EMOTIONAL
- 49. 4. FRESHNESS
- 50. Avoid tried and tested phrases.
- 51. BORING PHRASES: Enjoy With ease Different Always Productive Interest
- 52. Be creative.
- 53. NICE PHRASES: Rich Valuable Beneficial Successful Busy Stimulating Fulfilling Well-balanced
- 55. Be specific.
- 56. Use ‘batching’.
- 57. The end Thank you