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Writing Skills

Principles & processesAssessment & EvaluationHow to creatively teach writingBrooke Robertson Literacy Ed 2EDP230

Principles of writing

Principle 1:Effective teachers understand how students learnPrinciple 2:Effective teachers support student use of the cueing systemPrinciple 3:Effective teachers create a community of learnersPrinciple 4:Effective teachers adopt a balanced approach to instruction...

Principle 5:Effective teachers scaffold student reading, writing, viewing, speaking and listeningPrinciple 6:Effective teachers organise for language, literature and literacy instructionPrinciple 7:Effective teachers link instruction and assessment

Principle 8:Effective teachers become partners with parents...

5ive stage process of writingPre writingDraftingRevisingEditingPublishing

Running records, examination of students work, conferences rubrics, pro forms, checklists and rating scales

Determine student writing levels Monitor student progress Diagnose strengths and weaknesses and; Document student learning

Do students think of writing topics easily or do they have trouble thinking of something to write?Do students write quickly enough to complete the assignment, or do they write slowly or try to avoid writing?Do students spell most words automatically, or do they stop to figure out the spelling of many words?Do students write easily, or do they complain that their hands hurt?

Assessment & Evaluation

Reading and Writing storiesStory cardsShared reading tasksIntroduce writing groupsCreate a community of learnersWord wallsLiteracy centresPosting signs in the classroomMaking a list of classroom rulesUsing reading and writing materials in literacy play centresExchanging messages with classmatesLabelling classroom itemsDrawing and writing in journalsWriting notes to parentsExploring print within the environment -signs, advertisements

How to creatively teach writing

(ACARA) Australian Curriculum, Assessment and Reporting Authority. (2014). Retrieved from: http://www.australiancurriculum.edu.au

Bull, G. & Anstey., M. (2005). The literacy landscape. Frenchs Forest, N.S.W.: Pearson.

Killen, R. (2005). Programming and assessment for quality teaching and learning. South Melbourne: Thompson.McMillan, J.H. (2011). Classroom assessment: principles and practice for effective standards-based instruction (5th ed.). Boston, MA: Pearson.Scherer, M. (2009). The tests that won't go away. Educational Leadership, 67(3), 5. Retrieved from https://www.curtin.edu.au.Tompkins, G., Campbell, R., & Green, D. (2012). Literacy for the 21st century: A balanced approach. Frenchs Forest, NSW: Pearson Australia.

Tompkins, G., Campbell, R., & Green, D. (2012a). Assessment [Video file]. Retrieved from http://abavtooldev.pearsoncmg.com/myeducationlab/simpleviewer.php?projectID=foundations&clipID=INFO_012_305.flvTompkins, G., Campbell, R., & Green, D. (2012b). Linking sound and sight words [Video file]. Retrieved from http://media.pearsoncmg.com/intl/au/au_hss_tompkins_literacy/myeducationlab/videos/link_sound_sight_words.html

References

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References

Brooke Robertson16217197Curtin University 2014