The document provides tips and strategies for teaching writing. It discusses using mentor texts to expose students to good writing examples, annotating texts to increase comprehension, and stretching out the writing process by taking smaller steps and slowing down. The document also addresses including language instruction, guiding students through drafting, teaching the difference between right and wrong, and giving specific feedback on writing.
-Focus: Guided Writing is a three-level Writing series designed to engage young learners
-Progression: After completing level appropriate skills books in writing, students can develop their writing and creative thinking skills
-Page Count: Student Book- 104 pages & Workbook- 52 pages
-Unit Structure: 12 units- Student Book 8 pages per unit & Workbook 4 pages per unit
-Packaging: Each book includes a pull-out workbook
-Downloadable materials: Answer Keys, Additional Materials
Website: www.compasspub.com/GW
Teaching writing
Of the 4 skills, writing is arguably the most problematic for learners and often the most challenging
for teachers. Writing is not easy particularly when compared with speaking, where
reformulations, body language, clues from listeners can do much to compensate for a lack of
precision or inaccuracies when communicating messages. Time is also a factor – writing may be
relegated to homework tasks as there is often a feeling that writing in class uses up time which can
be more usefully spent on other activities. However, as this workshop aims to show, developing
good writing skills is conducive to the development of other language skills including
communication skills.
-Focus: Guided Writing is a three-level Writing series designed to engage young learners
-Progression: After completing level appropriate skills books in writing, students can develop their writing and creative thinking skills
-Page Count: Student Book- 104 pages & Workbook- 52 pages
-Unit Structure: 12 units- Student Book 8 pages per unit & Workbook 4 pages per unit
-Packaging: Each book includes a pull-out workbook
-Downloadable materials: Answer Keys, Additional Materials
Website: www.compasspub.com/GW
Teaching writing
Of the 4 skills, writing is arguably the most problematic for learners and often the most challenging
for teachers. Writing is not easy particularly when compared with speaking, where
reformulations, body language, clues from listeners can do much to compensate for a lack of
precision or inaccuracies when communicating messages. Time is also a factor – writing may be
relegated to homework tasks as there is often a feeling that writing in class uses up time which can
be more usefully spent on other activities. However, as this workshop aims to show, developing
good writing skills is conducive to the development of other language skills including
communication skills.
Teaching Writing Skill to Young Learners is easy sometimes if you can make their writing interesting. Here are some strategies to make their writing interesting. It is a great respect for the teachers when they are able to teach students.
Teaching Writing Skill to Young Learners is easy sometimes if you can make their writing interesting. Here are some strategies to make their writing interesting. It is a great respect for the teachers when they are able to teach students.
Aquire useful techniques for effective writing and learn skills that apply to all forms of writing. Writing PowerPoint Presentation Content slides includes topics such as: 16 rules of writing, 26 writing tips, writing pitfalls, excercises, applications, 8 slides on sentence structuring, writer’s block, solution to writer’s block, brainstorming, 4 slides on free writing, 5 slides on letter writing, introductory letters, sales writing, sales letters, report writing, framing a report, tips and mistakes for media dealings, how to’s and much more.
Teaching Language Skill: Speaking and WritingUNY Pasca PBI-B
presented by : Musfera NV and Awaliawati W. in RBL class.
source: McDonough, J., Shaw,C., & Masuhara ,H.,
(2013) .Materials and methods in ELT. John
Wiley&Son.
6. Your turn to write…
Explain your journey from student writer to writing
teacher.
What twists and turns and obstacles have you
encountered and overcome as a writer?
What challenges and triumphs have you had as a
writing teacher?
7. Planning
Stretching out the process
Activating the language centers of the brain
Providing plenty of practice
8. Stretching out the process
Slowing down
Taking smaller steps
Giving students more learning time
10. Practicing
Finding and narrowing topics
Generating ideas
Using multiple brainstorming methods
11. Your turn to write…
How many ways do you use writing in your class?
What has worked well and what has failed miserably?
What writing experiments would you like to try with
your students?
15. Your turn to write…
How do you include language instruction into writing?
What do you do to help struggling writers?
16. Editing and Revising
Learning the difference between write and wrong
Looking locally and globally
17. Write and Wrong
Giving mini-lessons on writing concepts
Editing writing samples together
Helping students edit work on their own
Dealing with idiomatic language problems—fixable or
non-fixable errors
18. Local and Global
Peer and self-editing for simple errors
Teacher help for major problems
19. Your turn to write…
What does editing and revising look like in your class?
How much do you fix in your students’ writing?
20. Feedback: Less is more
Pick only a few issues to deal with at a time—one
language problem, one content problem
Only fix what students cannot fix themselves
21. Feedback: More is more
Confer with students one on one
Give clear, specific feedback
Provide students with extra support for recurring
problems
22. Grading
Keep all drafts low-stakes
Teach grading criteria clearly ahead of time
Show examples of what fits the criteria
Be consistent
23. Your turn to write…
Dialogue journal—respond to another person’s writing
and share how you use writing in class.
24. Review
Pollenate students’ writing with good writing
examples
Engage students in critical thinking
Slow the writing process down and spend more time
brainstorming
Integrate language instruction into the writing process
Help students take smaller steps
Encourage students to view mistakes as learning
opportunities
25. Your turn to write…
Plan a writing lesson using something you have
learned today