Tip: Literacy & Learning > Writing
SKU:
Once we can listen and speak, we then use those skills to help us learn to write. We begin to associate speech with letters and letters with words, and we develop the skill of writing.
Voice/Choice: (Resource - @nytimes Writing Prompts)
- Writing is writing. Allow learners to decide what method they want to write: using paper or technology.
- Write what you know. The easiest thing to write about is yourself and your experiences. Let learners choose a topic they are most comfortable with.
- Help learners develop their own voices by exposing them to many different authors as mentor texts. Allow learners to mimic writing styles, and encourage them to find their own voice from experiencing others’ writing styles.
- Empower learners to ask: What do I know best, and what might I most want to write about?
Audience: (Strategy - Group Write)
- Teach learners about the different types of writing (narrative, expository, and argumentative) and who might be reading those different writing styles.
- Practice reading mentor texts that were written for various audiences. Then, practice writing to different audiences.
- Empower learners to ask: To whom might I be writing? What might the audience want to learn from reading what I’ve written?
Purpose: (Tool - @grammarly)
- Motivate learners to keep a writer’s notebook, and model using the writer’s notebook with them. This could have many purposes.
- Use the writing process: prewriting, drafting, revising, and editing. And go back to revise and edit again and again!
- Empower learners to ask: Why might I want to accomplish with my writing? What might I want the outcome of this piece to be?
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