Teaching+Writing

 =Teaching Writing =     Teachers aim to teach children to write using the writing process:
 * Planning (what is the purpose and who is the audience?, create ideas and plan a sequence for these ideas, set the writing goals)
 * Composing (create words and sentences to achieve the goals created, read and reread as you write)
 * Revising (compare piece of writing to goals that were set, find and fix any problems i.e. spelling, grammer, add/remove information)
 * Recording (concepts about print, spelling, grammer, punctuation)
 * Publishing (presentation i.e. layout, medium, editing/proof reading)

There are different teaching approaches for teaching writing:

MODELLED WRITING

Modelled writing is when the teacher creates a piece of writing while running through the though the processes out aloud so that the students can see how a piece of writing is created.

SHARED WRITING

Shared writing is when the teacher and the students create a piece of writing. The teacher records but it is the ideas of the students that form the piece of writing that they form together.

INTERACTIVE WRITING

Interactive writing involves the teacher and the students creating a piece of writing about a shared experience. The teacher and the students share the pen, with the teacher writing the words that the students already know, leaving the students to attempt the unknown or difficult words.

GUIDED WRITING

In guided writing, students work in small groups and focus on various writing focus's i.e.composing, editing, spelling.

INDEPENDENT WRITING

In independent writing children work on their own, on topics of their own choosing.

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