writing and the young efl learner sarah coutts
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Phonics Systems
Jolly Phonics
Teaching a SoundSammy the snake likes to explore.His friends say that he is silly to explore by himself because it isdangerous but Sammy doesn’t listen to them. Sammy knows what to do when he is scared. He says, “Sssss.”
Learning to Write
New Vocabulary
Moving on to Blends
What other words start
with /s/?
Other Words with /s/
Developing Vocabulary
Writing is usually more intimidating for teachers than
for students!
Moving on to Sentences
Human Sentences
AudienceDeveloping a sense of
audience is an essential part of communicating in writing and it is possible even at an early stage of
writing.
Levelled Writing Tasks A Day in a Caveman’s Life Letters
Advertisements Menus
Autobiographies My New Jellybean
Birthday Cards Opinions
Cartoons and Comics Personal Ads
Crosswords Picture Prompts
Daily Routines Poems
Descriptions Postcards
Dialogues Potions and Spells
Directions Puzzles
Emails Ransom Notes
Extraordinary Jobs SMSes
Finish the Story Stories from the Past
Fortune Telling Story Frames
Gap Fills (Mad Libs) Thank You Notes
Instructions Tongue Twisters
Invitations Wanted Posters
Word Level
Labels for Pictures/Diagrams
Crosswords
Anagrams (words with scrambled letters)
Word Puzzles
Picture/Word Dictionaries
Charts for Surveys/Questionnaires
Classifying Words into Word Families
Concept/Word Webs
Menus/Shopping Lists
Purpose: Learning new vocabulary, handwriting and spelling
Sentence Level Purpose: Learning new vocabulary, handwriting and
spelling as well as practicing new structures and functions
Captions for Pictures
Speech Bubbles for Characters
Writing Information from Charts
Writing Simple Questions
Unscrambling Sentences
Text LevelPurpose: Learning new vocabulary, handwriting and
spelling, practicing new structures and functions as well as planning, drafting, editing and understanding layout
Diaries
Descriptions
Advertisements/Posters
Instructions
Invitations
Letters
Poems
Stories/Simple Books
Dear Diary
BasicWeather: Hot, SunnyFriends: Play, LaughFood: Delicious, Hungry
Intermediate Today, the weather was hot and sunny. I played with my friends.We laughed a lot.
Alternative Gap-Fills
Invitations
Postcards
Picture Prompts
Dialogues
How can we improve this?
Comics
Short Writing Prompts
Write about the best day of your life.
Describe your ideal bedroom.
If I were the teacher, I would….
Write about your favorite TV show.
Short Letter Prompts
Poems
Text Messages
Wanted Posters
Simple Book Reviews
Editing and Proofreading
At an elementary level, students can check simple things like:
Spelling
Sentence Structure (i.e. Every sentence has a subject and a
verb)
Capital Letters (Names and at the beginning of sentences)
Punctuation (Full Stops and Commas)
Spelling
Grammar
Mixed Review