HOW TO TEACH WRITING

WHY TEACH WRITING?

REINFORCEME
NT

LEARNING
STYLE

LANGUAGE
DEVELOPMEN
T

WRITING
AS A SKILL

REINFORCEMENT
Oral
way

Seeing

Write
sentenc
es

LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT
WRITTEN
TEXTS

MENTAL ACTIVITY

LEARNING

LEARNING STYLE:

WRITING AS A SKILL

Electronic
media

convections

interest
s

level

elementary

WHAT KIND OF WRITING SHOULD

STUDENTS DO?

There is no limit to the kinds of

text we can ask students to
write. Our decisions will be
based on how much language
the students know, what their
interests are and what we think
will not only be useful for them
but also motivate them as well.

WHAT DO WRITING SEQUENCES LOOK

LIKE?
EXAMPLE 1ELEMENTARY
POSTCARD

PRESENT
CONTINUOU
S

PRESENT
SIMPLE
VERBLESS
SENTENCE

informal
PRESENT
CONTINUO
US FOR
FUTURE

EXAMPLE 2INTERMEDIATE

ALTERNING DICTATIONS

Human beings do not treat

animals well.
RE-WRITE

Some people think

that human beings
do not tretat animals
well, but I do not
think this very
important.

EXAMPLE 3INTERMEDIATE

NEWSPAPER
HEADLINES/ARTICLES

DISASTER

NEIGHBORHO
OD QUARREL

PUBLIC
FIGURE

EXAMPLE 4ADVANCED
THE ESSAY
BURGUER
PARAGRAP
H

HAMBURGU
ER
PARAGRAP
H
PARTS OF A PARAGRAPH
Topic Sentence: This sentence
tells the reader the main idea, or
what the paragraph will be about
TOPIC SENTENCE
SUPPORTING
SENTENCE 1
SUPPORTING
SENTENCE 2
SUPPORTING
SENTENCE 3
CONCLUDING
SENTENCE

Supporting Sentence One: This

sentence gives specific details
relating to the main idea
Supporting Sentence Two: This
sentence gives another specific
detail relating to the main idea
Supporting Sentence Three: This
sentence gives more specific
details relating to the main idea
Concluding Sentence: This sentence
refers to the topic and sums up
the mainidea of the paragraph

EXAMPLE 5ADVANCED
REPORTING WRITING

HOW TO CORRECT WRITING?

AVOID.

Dont correct in red ink and

underlining.
Avoid over correction.

WRITTEN SYMBOLS

PRACTICE

I live and go to the school

here I working in a
restaurant. Its located At
elm street in the city. I
never work as a cashier
until I get a jobthere. The
manager work hard
everyday to do the best.

HOW CAN BE DONE ABOUT HAND

WRITING?
Teachers can
not ask to
the students
change their
handwriting
style

ugly

mess
i
LEFT
HELP
S

SHAPPING OF
LETTERS
RIGHT

HOW DOES WRITING FIT INTO ESA?

In the case of the postcard the teacher may first talk to

students about postcards and/ or holidays in such way as to
ENGAGE them. They then STUDY the postcard looking for
typical postcard features and finally they ACTIVATE that
knowledge by writing their own version.