Teachers-in-training will learn about establishing a balance between writing process and product, celebrating student writing successes, and explaining the role of writing conventions through various activities and assessments. Students will demonstrate writing processes, research writing conventions, and develop creative ways to publish student work. The course will cover writing processes, mechanics, and teaching writing conventions within the context of the writing process.

1. Learning Outcomes
Teachers-in-training should be able to:
•Establish balance between writing process and
product through discussions
• Create methods to celebrate writers’ successes in
primary and early childhood schools using a blog
• Explain the role of writing conventions to the
development of writing using a podcast

2. Assessment
• Demonstration of process writing
• Presentations & Research
• Identify and discuss publishing methods

3. Activities
• As a class students will demonstrate the process
writing approach on discussion board.
• In groups of 4 students will research and present
on writing conventions in a blog.
• Students will develop creative ways to publish
writers work and post them in a wiki.

4. Content
• Writing process
– prewriting, drafting, revising, editing,
publishing
• Emphasis should be on young writers
understanding what to do when they are in the
act of writing (process) in order to achieve
desired outcome (product).

5. Content contd.
• The mechanics of writing (writing
conventions)
– include punctuation, capitalization, grammar,
spelling and handwriting
– The mechanics of writing/writing conventions
include grammar/structuring skills, spelling skills,
punctuation skills, capitalization skills, language
skills, referencing skills, handwriting skills,
technological skills
– Grammar, punctuation and capitalization should
be taught within the context of writing (e.g.
through mini-lessons, revision, modelling).