Kalai Selvi Arivalagan

The use of Virtual Learning Environment in

teaching “Writing skills” at Middle School

Level - Illustrated with the writing of a

narrative paragraph.

What is Virtual learning environment?“Virtual learning environment is a collection of integrated tools enabling the management of online learning, providing a delivery mechanism, student tracking, assessment, and access to resources.” (JISC, 2005)

6 + 1 Traits of Writing1) Ideas and Content

2) Organization

3) Voice

4) Word Choice

5) Sentence Fluency

6) Conventions

7) Presentation

Types of Writing

• Descriptive

writing

• Narrative writing

• Informative

writing

• Persuasive

writing

Writing Process

• Pre-writing - Brainstorming, Clustering,

Graphic organizers.

• Drafting

• Revising

• Editing

• Publishing

SIX TRAIT ANALYTICAL WRITING RUBRIC

Writing Skills Acquired

• Recognizing their opinions, ideas and thoughts

• Organizing ideas

• Using proper sentence construction

• Employing appropriate tenses

• Following conventions of punctuations

• Choosing appropriate transition words