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=EFFECTIVE TEACHING OF WRITING = If a teacher starts at the beginning of a Childs writing, the teacher can understand the reasons for the problems and difficulties children make as they learn to write. In terms of writing, there is both spoken language and written language, in which in spoken language meanings are often implicit and rely on a context, such as facial expression, body language or gestures, or even tone of voice such as ‘fine be like that!’, noting the use of sarcasm. In written language context is included but meanings need to be made explicit for instance ‘Mary sat on the chair’, which needs to be written, as it is more of a description rather than emotional. A child needs to also understand punctuation, word order, similies and metaphor are used within writing. For instance, how a comma and full stop are different, where a comma is a pause and a full stop is the end of a sentence.
 * When children begin writing they can tell more difficult stories than they can write. This is because learning to represent language in written symbols involves a lot more, such as learning to use a pencil, hold it the right way and create letters which create words and sentences so that others can understand them.

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 Activity: notice the full stop and comma in this sentence. ‘Mary was in a good mood, but then she broke her doll and was upset.’ In the early development of writing a child will understand principals such as ‘sign’ and ‘flexibility’ where the children will learn how some letters are allowed in certain positions and others are not, as well as understanding how different symbols within writing have meaning. These concepts help children start to write English at a basic level. From this they will learn simple rules such as spaces between words, as it is visually easier to understand writing that way. The child will learn to distinguish when and where capital letters are supposed to be positioned also. ** ==**This video shows a 9 year old girl, who talks about her writing. Children at this age are beginning to learn many new techniques that they can use to help improve their legibility and structure within their stories.**==

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 Activity: Interactive writing Write a story with the following characters: Jill, Miss Mermaid, Evil Squid, Prince Jack, Evil Squid Guards, Narrator In an activity like this the teacher will need to be there to help guide the children and ask opening questions “why are you writing like that? ”, following questions, where you rephrase so the children supply more information, and process questions, “what questions do you have now?”. The most important concept when teaching writing is to ensure the children can see the purpose. The teacher can make the children write in different ways but it is always important the children take full control. Children can explore written texts and create a new text, as an activity like this helps children engage in the process for real purposes. Young children enjoy reading and writing about information and facts as well as fiction, so it is important a child uses different techniques such as headings, diagrams and speech quotes etc. so that they learn a variety or frame works and features for their writing.
 * When a teacher teaches a child to write, they need to raise awareness of the different ways a child can write, such as if they are writing in first, second or third person, whether it is a letter format or interactive writing. Teaching strategies that feature well in children’s learning include Modelled writing, where the children observe the writing process by the teacher, shared writing, where the children work together to create a story, and independent writing, where the children choose a topic and write independently.



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