Teaching Writing Skills
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Composition and Handwriting To correctly form the lower, then upper case letters. To copy words. To copy sentences. To copy paragraphs. To orally narrate a story. To copy own narrations.
To write own narrations.
To write narrations about literature - use these narration starters.
To write friendly letters, notes and cards.
To add descriptive writing.
To write journal entries. To write creative stories, narratives and poems To revise written work, checking for punctuation. To write book reports
To write summaries from encyclopedia articles. To write well-constructed sentences- formal teaching. To write well-constructed paragraphs- formal teaching. To write well-constructed essays- formal teaching. To use a variety of forms of writing where appropriate and across subject areas. Essay Writing- expository writing – essays of explanation. Play writing Persuasive essay writing. Biographies Short Stories Multimedia presentations Research papers Speech writing Debates Historical fiction writing. Literary response essays Compare and contrast essays Cause/Effect essays Spelling and Vocabulary To teach phonics as a base for spelling. Teach the spelling rules. Apply the spelling rules Learn rules for adding endings. Learn to spell vocabulary and content words according to subject areas- colours, days of the week, months, numbers Learn spelling words in the context of own writing- develop own spelling list. Apply syllabification rules to aid spelling of words. Dictionary skills Revise work, edit, identify incorrect spelling and re-write correctly. Work with antonyms, synonyms, Learn and identify prefixes, suffixes, roots Increase vocabulary Inspire others and be inspired at the Homeschool Writing Gallery!
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