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Writing is a natural thing to do

Its dealing with process, writing is
skill and must be practiced especially
for young learners.

Young learner
characteristics
longer attention span but still children,
taking learning seriously,
world knowledge,
more cooperation in groups and in pairs,
developed social, motor and intellectual skills and
learning strategies are used and developing
(Ersz, A. 2007)

How to make it fun ..

build fun writing habit

using comic , cartoon or picture strips
story
Comic strips assist the students in
generating
ideas and retrieving words for their
writing.
Besides, they can make students more
careful in
using correct spellings (Wright,

several steps teaching writing using comic,

cartoon picture strip story for young learner

get ready (pre-writing),

select
collect and plan

 get set (writing the first draft),

write
image and let it guide you

 write (revising)
read and ask
decide and work

 get together with friends.

editing and proofreading
publishing and presenting

conclusion
teacher should give learner a
realistic reason to write; whatever
activity teacher choosed, it should be
one that is motivating and that taps
into learner interests.

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