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The Writing GenreSession 2
Workshop 2 : Objectives
• To share practice and reflect on classroom based activity since workshop one
• To explore the narrative genre of writing using the seven step approach
• To provide practical examples of writing genre activities
• To begin the process of planning for the teaching of writing genre
Key Messages
• The purpose of writing and the audience determine the writing genre
• The purpose for writing needs to be authentic
• Writing needs to be explicitly taught
Share worked trialled in class
What worked well...
What were the challenges...
Oral Language
Instruction
Language Learning
Environment
Listening &
Speaking
Spoken Texts
Vocabulary
Auditory Memory
Free Writing
Wide variety of texts
Attitude/ Motivation
Reading Fluency
ComprehensionVocabulary
Phonics
Free Writing
Components of Writing
RecountPersuasive
Procedure Narrative
Report
The Big Seven!Cross-curricular!
A Visit to the Farm
There once was a…Recipe / Experiment/
Instructions
Homework should be banned
Sharks
Audience + Purpose = Genre/Text Form
ExplanationHow a kite works
Writing to SocialiseLetter/Email/Text
7. Presentation to audience
6. Independent Writing
5. Guided Writing
4. Shared Writing
3. Modelled Writing
2. Discover a framework
1. Familiarisation with the genre
Oral Activities
• Modelled Stories• Story Reconstruction• Story Character Interviews
Reading Activities• Shared Reading-Author• Retell• Literary Letter
Modelled Writing is a strategy for teaching a range of forms, conventions and procedures of writing
It involves the writer‘thinking aloud’
as s/he writes for an audience
Teacher has the pen. Teacher continues to ‘think aloud’, but consults the children for ideas.
• Children write, teacher scaffolds
Sample Narrative Framework for
Senior ClassesTitle Key words or short notes
Setting
(Who?
When?
Where?)
Initiating
Event
(How did the
character get
involved?)
Problem
Resolution
• Children plan and write their own narrative text.
• They may consult a partner or the group and/or the teacher at the planning stage.
• They write a first draft (framework) and proof read and check it with partner.
• Final draft is written for an audience.
Linkage and Integration
Sample of Narrative Writing
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Sample of Narrative writing
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Carousel of activities for Narrative
Activities
Pass it on Comic Strip
Basket Stories Sentence Starter
Story Settings Narrative Checklist
Some suggested activities
ExplanationVocabularyPositional LanguageQuestioning/Clarification SequencingExpressive and Receptive Language
Recount Charlie the Clown – Oral
News
What Comes Next?
Draw and Tell
Narrative
• Sequencing Pictures
• Story Reconstruction-jumbled text
• Tired Words, boring s
• Talking Dice
• Character, Setting, Problem
• Character Interview
• Props with a purpose
Report Show and Tell Picture Talks Who Am I? What Am I? Sorting Activities KWL
Talk to teach Oral Reports
Persuasive
Expressing likes and dislikesTake SidesStand In LineChange the point of viewConscience Alley
Procedural Barrier Games Sequencing
Procedures Talk to teach Retell
Where to next?
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Key Messages
• The purpose of writing and the audience determine the writing genre
• The purpose for writing needs to be authentic
• Writing needs to be explicitly taught