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Eric Cohen Books 2005 1

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 – don’t 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 PoetryRain

by Shel Silverstein   I opened my eyes

And 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! I’m Dan. What is your name? I’m _______ years old.

How old are you?

I live in _____________._________________________?

Yes, I have 2 brothers and 1 sister.How many_________________?

Thanks, I’d 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 . . .

ECB Online - http://www.ecb.co.il/ecbonline/resources/writelit.html

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