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The document provides guidance for teachers on improving students' writing skills. It defines writing, discusses the importance of writing for teaching and learning, and outlines different types of writing. The document recommends strategies for teachers such as teaching students how to hold a pen, encouraging scribbling and drawing at early stages, providing daily writing practice, and displaying good student writing examples. Teachers are advised to focus on grammar, proofreading, and sharing student work for feedback to help improve their writing abilities.
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- 1. Session on Writing Skill By Javed Iqbal Anjum Professional Development Teacher of Professional Development Center North for EDIP Project
- 2. Ice Breaker
- 3. Roadmap Objectives What is writing Why writing is important Types of writing Strategies to Improve Writing Writing activities for students
- 4. Objectives By the end of this session C.Ps could be able to; Define writing, Discuss the importance of writing in teaching and learning, Share different forms of writing, Develop strategies to improve students’ writing skill.
- 5. What is Writing Writing can be said to be the act of forming the symbols: making marks on flat surface of some kind. Writing is a process where symbols have to be arranged according to a certain conventions to form words and words have to be arranged to form sentences. Writing involves encoding of a message of some kind: that is we translate our thoughts into language. (Byren, 1988)
- 6. Why Writing is important Writing aims to capture a thought or idea, to transfer it to a permanent format, making it tangible. The responsibility for that transfer falling squarely on the writer’s shoulder. If communication is the ultimate goal, write for your audience, not for personal style. Writing has to be much clearer than spoken language because it lacks these assisting cues Great care is required to ensure that your message is accurately interpreted by its audience.
- 7. Cont…. Nearly any statement can be shortened while retaining its full content; concise wording is less likely to be misinterpreted. Students’ performance is assessed through written work. Documentation is mostly done in written form.
- 8. Types of Writing Free writing Independent Writing Process writing Easy writing Narrative writing Expository writing Persuasive writing
- 9. How to Improve students’ Writing Teach students how to hold pen or pencil Encourage students to write with pencil at early stages Scribbling, and drawing lines, shapes, and pictures are the first steps towards writing. Dictation frequently at earlier stage. Drawing should be encouraged by providing time and materials as soon as children are old enough to hold a crayon. Give children ample opportunity to scribble (pretend writing). This helps them develop an appreciation for writing. EmailTwitter The Parent-Child Home Program
- 10. Cont… Write every day it’s better to practice for fifteen minutes every day than to practice for two hours three times a week Proofread, edit, and revise Know your strengths and accept your weaknesses. Focus grammar Share your work for feedback http://www.writingforward.com/better- writing/12-better-writing-habits Intensive and extensive reading
- 11. Cont…. Respect every learner’s personal best. Have high expectations for all students, but set realistic outcomes which individuals can achieve Celebrate successes in appropriate ways. Establish time for daily writing at school as well as at home. Display students good writing pieces. (New South Wales Department of Education and Training)
- 12. Strategies to improve writing Scribbling Drawing lines Construct and de construct words Dot writing Dictation Copying
- 13. Food for thought I would hurl words into this darkness and wait for an echo, and if an echo sounded, no matter how faintly, I would send other words to tell, to march, to fight, to create a sense of hunger for life that gnaw in us all. ~Richard Wright, American Hunger, 1977
- 14. It is Your Turn ?
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