This document provides guidance for teaching writing skills to primary students. It outlines activities for different age levels, from pre-primary to high-level writing. In pre-primary, activities focus on practicing letter formation through tracing, painting and songs. Medium-level activities include unscrambling words and ordering words in a sentence. High-level activities allow more free writing, such as making storybooks, describing photos or dictation. Tips are given to give students control over their writing and encourage autonomy.

1. WRITING IN ENGLISH
English for Primary Teachers
Carmen García Navarro y Elena Martín Cabañas

2. INDEX:
- Different ways of writing.
- A little bit of theory: think about writing.
- Pre-primary education:
- Practising the alphabet.
- Activity 1.
- Primary education:
- Medium-level writing activities:
- Activity 2.
- High-level writing activities.
- Activity 3.
- Activity 4.
- Tips for writing.

3. TWO DIFFERENT WAYS OF WRITING
Handwriting Using computer

4. THINK ABOUT WRITING
• Writing is a physical skill and a language skill.
• Writing comes after other language work.
• Accept that pupils will make handwriting and spelling mistakes.
• Respect all efforts.
• When children are preparing to write, they need:
• Support and preparation before they write.
• To listen to you.
• To talk and comment.

5. PRE-PRIMARY EDUCATION

6. PRACTISING THE ALPHABET
For writing and learning how to spell, children may
need to know the formal names of the letters and
the order of the alphabet.
PRE-PRIMARYEDUCATION

7. ACTIVITIES TO PRACTISE THE ALPHABET:
SINGING THE
ALPHABET
SONG
BACK WRITING:
FEEL THE
SHAPE
PRE-WRITING
ACTIVITIES
PRE-PRIMARYEDUCATION

8. PAINT BAG TRACING
• Freezer or zipper bag
• Acrylic paint
• Cotton bud
You will need…
PRE-PRIMARYEDUCATION

9. PRE-PRIMARYEDUCATION

10. MEDIUM-LEVEL ACTIVITIES

11. UNSCRAMBLE THE WORDS:
When children can physically make
the letters of the alphabet, they can
do activities to practise their
writing.
MEDIUMLEVELACTIVITIES

12. ORDER THE WORDS TO WRITE A SENTENCE
Children should write about what they have
talked about or read about.
MEDIUMLEVELACTIVITIES

13. TOWER SENTENCES!
MEDIUMLEVELACTIVITIES
• Colour wood blocks or
jenga game
• Pieces of papers
You will need…

14. HIGH-LEVEL ACTIVITIES

15. MAKING A STORY BOOK
• We are going to look at some activities
that can help children move to writing
freely and creatively.
• Children enjoy making books. It gives
them a feeling of achievement.
HIGHLEVELACTIVITIES

16. WRITE CRAZY STORIES
HIGHLEVELACTIVITIES
• Some sheets
• Pencil
You will need…

17. DESCRIBING A PHOTO
• Children are able to write about
what they can see.
HIGHLEVELACTIVITIES
• Pencil and colour
pencils
• Some pictures
You will need…

18. PABLO PICASSO (1881-1973) EL GUERNICA (1937)
PICASSO DICTATION
HIGHLEVELACTIVITIES
Children are able to write about what they can see.
DESCRIBING A PHOTO:

19. TIPS FOR WRITING FREELY:
• Give the children as much as control as possible over
what they are going to write about and how.
• Pay attention to their interest.
• Check their homework and classwork frecuencely.
• Encourage the children to be autonomous. Give them
other sources to teach how to solve problems.

20. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR
YOUR ATTENTION!