Student's Can Right If You Give Them a Chance

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Student's Can Right If You Give Them a Chance
Write
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What do we look for in good writing?

• Mechanics capitalization, spelling, punctuation,
  legible handwriting
• Language use correct order, tense agreement,
  number and function - articles, pronouns,
  prepositions, meaning not obscured by grammatical
  errors
• Vocabulary uses correct words - variety -
  appropriate word for topic
• Organization sequencing, topic sentence, body,
  conclusion
• Content main idea - details - knowledge of
  subject

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Getting them to write

• Use their background knowledge
• Use pictures they recognize
• Use series of pictures that tell a story
• Make up different stories with different outcomes
  from pictures elicit ideas from them
• Read stories to them
• Teach them to how to use a dictionary
• Guide them one step at a time dont assume

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When writing expect

• complete, clear and organized sentences
• correct grammar
• good spelling

• relevant vocabulary
• chunks of language / vocabulary
• use the dictionary

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Vocabulary and Writing

• Basics numbers, colors, cognates, classroom,
  homes,
• travel, communication,
  environment, current events
• Prepositions in, on, under, up, down, over,
  above, the, a, some, many
• Singular - plural dog / dogs picture /
  pictures baby
  / babies
• Chunking on the chair, under the desk, in the
  tree

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Grammar and Writing

• Basic grammar chunks There are / There is
  He / She / It has They haveHe is / She is
  / It / They are I /He/She was
  You/We/They were
• Proper Noun Substitutions Dan is home. / He is
  home.
• Connectors and / or / but
• Chunking There are some / There is a/an
• Present Tenses sit / sits am/is/are ing
• Past Tenses was / were walk/walked
  write/wrote
• Future Tense will ride
• Perfect Tenses has / have seen

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What can you do?

• Read Read Read
• Write examples on the board
• Always have the students answer and write in
  complete sentences.
• Lots of sequencing activities
• Teach beginning / middle / end

• Give them lots of guided-writing activities
• Give each student a chance to do every writing
  assignment a second time - correct their
  mistakes.
• Give each student a list of general writing
  rules.
• Prepare a poster of these rules for the class.

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Have fun with writing

• Show / describe / write / read You write,
  then they copy.
• Introduce poetry
• Create comic strips /stories/dialogues
  (scripts)
• Write radio news / weather script
• Write and/or present plays

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Using Poetry

• Rain by Shel Silverstein  
• I opened my eyesAnd looked up at the
  rain,And it dripped in my headAnd flowed into
  my brain,And all that I hear as I lie in my
  bedIs the slishity-slosh of the rain in my
  head.I step very softly,I walk very slow,I
  can't do a handstand--I might overflow,So
  pardon the wild crazy thing I just said--I'm
  just not the same since there's rain in my head.

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What do you see?
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I see. . .

• I see a girl with a _______ shirt.
• I see a blue _______________.
• I see a _______________ chair.
• I see pink _________________.
• I see a _________ __________.
• I ___________________________.
• red, book, red, notebook, red, lamp, skates,
  pink, chair

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What are they talking about?
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What do you say to a new friend?Complete the
conversation

• Hi! Im Dan. What is your name?
• Im _______ years old.How old are you?
• I live in _____________._________________________
  ?
• Yes, I have 2 brothers and 1 sister.How
  many_________________?
• Thanks, Id like that.
• ________________________.

• Hi! My name is _____Anya__.
• I am _______ years old.Where___________________
  ?
• I live in _____________._______________________
  ____?
• I have ____ brothers and ____ sisters.Do
  ___________________________?
• What time?
• _______________________

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You can also teach that. . .

• writing is a form of self-expression.
• writing is a form of visual art.
• writing is a form of developing imagination.
• writing is . . .

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