Teaching of Composition

1. TEACHING
PRACTICES
FOR WRITING
JEZZABELLE A. ADORO, MALL-1

2. 1. Modelled Writing
- Modelled writing centers on teacher demonstration of the
thoughts and actions that go into creating a text.
- Demonstration of skills, strategies and techniques of
writing underpin pedagogies and approaches that have led
to student success.
- The teacher is in total control while students are
observers of the actions.
Example: The teacher will give the class a scenario or event that they are going
to write about (e.g. To write about a birthday party). The teacher will then write
his/her own description of a birthday party sentence by sentence. Afterwards, the
students will follow what the teacher did.

3. 2. Shared Writing
- The students collaborate with the teacher to jointly
construct a written text (the students talk and the teacher
writes correctly).
- The teacher acts as scribe, prompting, questioning and
supporting the students as the text is shaped.
- Regardless of whether the shared writing session is
whole class or small groups, the teacher needs to maximize
student involvement and engagement.
Example: The teacher introduced the students on how to structure a
particular piece of writing and show them with kinds of literary devices
that they can use to make it compelling.

4. 3. Interactive Writing
- Interactive writing involves the teacher sharing the pen or
other writing implement with the students (both students and
teacher talk and write). The teacher records what are already
known so that students can strategize words that challenge
them.
- The writing might relate to common experiences shared
at school, link to ideas and concepts connected to a
classroom topic.
- Students need to be ready to deploy existing
understandings to apply new or challenging words.

5. 4. Guided Writing/ Writing Conferences
- It is a small group approach involving the teacher
meeting with a group of students with similar writing
needs and difficulties.
- Recording the notes and observation during the
session allows the teacher to identify areas of strength as
well provide guidance for future teaching focuses.
- Writing attempt needs to consider the genuine
communicative attempt that has been made and
suggestions shall be offered in positive and constructive
ways.

6. 5. Hearing and Recording Sounds in
Words
- The explicit teaching of phonological awareness
and phonics supports knowledge and skill
development for reading, as well as writing.
- Provides an authentic way for students to practice
and consolidate their learning of phoneme (sound)-
grapheme (letter) correspondence.

7. 6. Independent Writing
- Independent writing is not just “free choice” writing
but what the students does with their work as a result
of the explicit instruction and scaffolds offered by the
teacher.
- It can be a time the students writes with little
support from the teacher, trying out ideas in a risk-free
environment where genuine writing attempts are
recognized.
- The students write whatever they want and the
teacher evaluates the output afterwards.

8. 7. Language Experience Approach
- It integrates speaking and listening, reading and
writing through the development of a written text
based on first hand experiences.
- The text can be written by the teacher (modelled
writing), by the teacher and student (shared writing),
or the student (independent writing).
- Students write their experiences using familiar and
expanded vocabulary, modelling ways in which their
thoughts can be written down and later read.

9. References:
https://www.education.vic.gov.au/school/teachers/teachingresources/
discipline/english/literacy/writing/Pages/teachingpracexpapproach.aspx
https://www.twinkl.com.ph/teaching-wiki/modelled-writing
https://www.twinkl.com.ph/teaching-wiki/shared-writing

10. Thank you
for listening!