Writing is an effective way to communicate and express your thoughts, feelings and opinions to others. Writing can be both fun and entertaining and there are a variety of ways to use writing in your everyday life. Even if you are not the world’s greatest writer, you can practice to become a better writer over time. However, to become a better writer you must be dedicated and willing to work hard to learn the craft. There are a few ways in which you can improve your writing skills and become a better writer.
Teachers have a great task on hand when it comes to modeling the creative writing. The activities should be available in class so for students to practice. Instead of having a boring lesson, children can practice their writing by doing fun activities.
Remember one of the fun challenges about writing is that there is always room for growth and improvement. It is an on-going process that can benefit from the passage of time and practice.
Take your time and find activities that we teachers use to help improve literacy context in the classroom. Remember children should enjoy doing it, and we will have a great time also as the teacher.
when i was a primary school students i had to struggle with my writing, because of that i can relate with my students.
ReplyDeletebeing a good writer needs practice dedication and commitment. a child needs to show interest to improve writing.
in order to be a good writer, reading books helps a lot. reading increases a child's vocabulary in being able to express themselves better. reading also helps writing in their styles, techniques and creativity.
there are some steps that children can use to guide them in writing that is brainstorming, draft, revise, edit, and share. these strategies will assist students in writing. Therefore, i recommend that everyone, young and old writes and never stop writing since it is a form of learning.
• Writing is an important medium of communication. We learn writing skills in school and college. We learn the skills of expressing one’s thoughts and communicating ideas. Writing is very important in all aspects of life. It is needed to have an effective and precise form of communication. Words need to have a meaning and order. Practice is very important as well as guidance on how to arrange ideas to convey meaning. The earlier students start learning writing skills, the better writers they will become. Exposure is also very important in the classroom. Students need to enjoy writing. To do this, they need to be exposed to interesting scenarios and experiences that will capture their attention and interest.
ReplyDeleteWriting plays a vey important role especially in early childhood. Children's early writing experiences should include social interaction. If the child sees an appropriate role model writing then they will internalize the meaning of written language more easily. If a child sits around the teacher while he or she is writing they will both change their ideas and this will enable children to learn others point of view when writing we should expose children at an early age in order to have good writers.
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Read the following example:
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There's a problem: The letter is so badly written that organization provding the scholarship can't identify the needs of the child. There are misspellings and incomplete sentences, and the paragraphs are so long and confusing that it takes more time than it should.
As a result, the child is not granted the aid and it doesn't go as well as you want it to for the child.
How important is it for children to do written messages clearly?
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It is very important for children to do written messages clearly. As how the example mentioned the child was unable to get the scholarship t\due to the fact that they could not understand what he was trying to write. From an early age we should start to prepare them to write. Writing will be very important through their entire life. Writing should be stimulating in order for our children to show interest in writing. Most children writing lacks clarity, Coherence, and organization. When you ask a child if they like writing many say they like writing less as they go through school. If there were trained teachers in writing there would definitely be more opportunities for students who are expose to writing. They will have much more self-esteem if they can express themselves in writing. Also if the reader is able to understand what they wan to say. Parents input play a very important role in the writing aspect. So both teachers and parents should find strategies that will help the child to improve his writing more clearly.
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Through writing, a person can demonstrate his or her needs. In this example, the student was not able to deliver his message correctly. Because of this, he was not granted what he needed. Through writing, a person can deliver information and allow others to respond to such needs. Students need to write clearly to pass correct messages to their readers. It messages are not written correctly, information are not passed correctly either. Through this process, the student gave a very important impression. The organization may have thought that it was not worthwhile granting the scholarship. The mistakes on a letter can give a clear view on the person writing it.
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ReplyDeleteWriting becomes the greatest adventure one can go through. There needs to be effective traits to writing. Whenever students are asked to write they should determine a topic, the purpose, style and tone. The traits need to be provided so to determine the type of writing. The following are certain traits that good writing can be the end result.
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• Logical Organization
• Engaging Voice
• Original Word Choice
• Effective Sentence Style
• Correct, Accurate Copy
These traits for effective writing help children to express their feeling. Discuss one of the traits and how it can be helpful in the classroom.
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Writing messages clearly is very important for children and should be taught to children from infance. Children need to read and learn the mechanics of writing that is grammar, capitalization and punctuation. At first children need not to worry about the mechanics of writing and just "write". An infant child begins writing by observing, exploring, and experimenting. A child observes by seeing an adult writing and putting interest in the writing. When a child sees this the child will note the importance and the value of writing. in observing this the child will also try and be motivated to develope their writing skills. learning begins from infancy. therefore children should write daily share and check work to develope their writing skills.
ReplyDeleteAfter developing the writing skill at an early age it makes it easier for people to express their ideas in writing. A person's writing represents an individual and tells the reader who they really are. Therefore, writing plays a very important role in our future.
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ReplyDeleteWhenever we ask children to write paragraphs some of them tend to write the words over and over again. The repetition of words is a big problem since most children are not expose to the use of words and the lack of reading. Some children, for example, when writing a paragraph may include the word "nice" more than three times. in order for children to avoid this they can use a thesaurus to be able to find choices of words instead of repeating. This helps children by challenging students to use alternative words and pushes them to use only one word once. After doing this several times student's writing will improve dramatically. Whenever we write, the words we choose to include in our writing will show a great impact on the readers.
ReplyDeleteFor students, it may not be so easy to start writing without a stimulus. As teachers we need to provide them with stimulating ideas that will trigger their imagination. In this way they will feel eager to write about what they experience. Their senses will definitely help trigger that inner need to write. By having several experiences, they will be able to develop their writing skill. Different experiences such as taking a walk, watching a television program, writing down ideas, meeting friends from other schools, going on a field trip, or even having a sports day at school can encourage writing. Students can be influenced easily; but require planning. If students are exposed to many outdoor activities, they will have several ideas to put in writing. The exposure in a science or social studies lesson can help in the writing area in the Language Arts. It may also be useful for them to keep record of interesting things that happen to them, so that they can use as future reference in their writing.
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For students, it may not be so easy to start writing without a stimulus. As teachers we need to provide them with stimulating ideas that will trigger their imagination. In this way they will feel eager to write about what they experience. Their senses will definitely help trigger that inner need to write. By having several experiences, they will be able to develop their writing skill. Different experiences such as taking a walk, watching a television program, writing down ideas, meeting friends from other schools, going on a field trip, or even having a sports day at school can encourage writing. Students can be influenced easily; but require planning. If students are exposed to many outdoor activities, they will have several ideas to put in writing. The exposure in a science or social studies lesson can help in the writing area in the Language Arts. It may also be useful for them to keep record of interesting things that happen to them, so that they can use as future reference in their writing.
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Very good and interactive discussion so far. I really like that you all have referenced your source of information.
ReplyDeleteOn another note, you all have discussed the importance of writing coherently and fluently. How do we instill in our students the importance of writing besides modelling the behaviour ourselves?
As teachers we only want best for our students. We want to be role models for them in order to inspire them. It is very important that parent put their part, parents need to instill respect in their children from they are little so as time passes by they will see the importance of respecting school. As teachers we wan tot instill the importance of writing in our students, but we also must realize that we need to set up great behavioral management system in our classroom.As teachers we need to come up with strategies that will focus on developing self-discipline. It is very important for us to stimulate our children to enhance their writing but if parents do their part at home all we need to do is to continue to model those children to be better students in the classroom.
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“Put it before them briefly so they will read it, clearly so they will appreciate it, picturesquely so they will remember it, and above all, accurately so they will be guided by its light.”
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We often hear students (and adults) say, “I hate writing!” or “I can’t write.” I can refer to this since I personally use to think so. Many students have a negative attitude toward writing. This is developed early in school and I being a Infant I teacher try my best for students to have a positive attitude toward writing. The love of writing needs to be intrinsically motivated. If a child makes a mistake my advice would be to let them try again, instead of scratching off their work with read marks. No matter what the reason, our goal is to instill a true love of writing in the early years and give students a tool for lifelong expression and meaningful communication. We need to teach students to love writing. It sounds easy but it takes meaningful time for it to be done. Everything is possible because I, personally, was once a student who defiantly claimed, “I hate writing.” Now I am a teacher that tries hard to let children love writing. There are many activities to make writing fun it is just a matter of time for we teachers find such activities. Allow students to listen to a song, or a video and let them write why they dislike or like such items. Let the writing be relevant and allow them to realize the importance of writing. When an assignment is given allow students to be aware of how the writing will be assessed. The discussion carried out can be the main importance, don’t always based on grammatical errors. This simply discourages students to want to write. In school I use to get discouraged when my papers came written with red ink. Every now and then let the grade be based on how the idea is carried out. There is also group writing experience, where each child of the group has an important task. One can be the facilitator: is well-organized, gathers and maintains group supplies (including research), keeping track of time, and helping the group stay on task. Recorder: when brainstorming the student is responsible for jotting down ideas in a clear and concise manner. Also summarizes research and shares it with the group. Compiler: This person uses the notes from the brainstorming sessions and writes a rough draft of the group’s ideas. Editor: reads the rough draft, makes suggestions and improvements, shares the rough draft containing edits with the group, and then creates a final draft. Presenter: This member is responsible for presenting the final draft to an audience. This activity allows students to have an even shared amount of work and they interact and help one another in their writing. The list can go on, but we educators should always try new ideas since it might not work for you. There are many ways on how writing can be instilled in students.
“In order to instill a true love for writing, sometimes students need opportunities to get ideas across without concern for grammatical correctness or standard writing conventions,” (Rachel Kaspar, Monday, July 14, 2008)
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Besides modelling the behaviour myself, I create, for example, an activity in class where I let the students choose a topic they are very interested in and have them explain through that exercise why they feel strongly about the topic. The goal of the exercise is to convince the reader of how interesting the topic is. When the teacher gives them a topic, they might feel limited because of lack of interest and motivation. By having them choose their topic I let the motivation rise from their interest. Students would then plan what to write, prepare a first and second draft, revise and edit. I would then have them exchange the writing with a partner. The partner would then check the paper, comment and tell the person what he/she understands from the writing. This is to see whether the reader understands what the author wrote. If the reader understands then it means that the author has communicated effectively. If the reader does not understand it means that the author needs to improve.
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When the reader is convinced by the author its a reward for the author to realize that writing is important for persuaing readers to your point of view. This has many benefits in life.
Writing should start at a very early age. Students need not only see the teacher write but need to be involved in fun activities. They need to see writing as a form of communication rather than a lesson itself. Just the same way we set time aside for reading; we need to set time aside for writing. Students like to talk to their friends and this eagerness can be used to encourage them to write. Allow them some minutes to write something to their best friend. Let them know that they will not be graded and be careful on how to point out their mistakes. In doing this they will be anxious waiting for that period of time where they cannot talk; only write. I can recall that when I was in school, we used to have pen pals. We used to write to students in other schools in the country and even outside of the country. By using this strategy students can improve their writing skills. This can even serve as a form of communication between teacher and students. Students in the lower division can carry out these activities as well. They can use pictures to bring up what they mean and communicate their ideas. The sooner they start, the better.
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ReplyDeleteImagine yourself in a world where writing is non-existent. There will be no letters, maps, street names, newspapers, books and the list goes on. We would probably be humans confined in the Neanderthals’ life.
We are fortunate to have writing as an effective way to communicate. Humans communicate thoughts, feelings and a wealth of information through writing. However, we are not burn writers we are made writers. Writing is an ongoing process that generates a desired product. It requires indefinite time, effort and dedication. It all starts from infancy. Babies develop their cooing, babbling etc., as they grow older, they develop more sophisticated and varied ways to communicate. Writing is one of these ways. As a teacher I fully agree that in order for students to develop good writing skills they have to go through processes. Phonics is one of them. Teachers need to be acquainted with the phonics terminologies as a pedestal for proficient writing. We show the students how to master them but not all in one. This needs to be well digested. For this to happen, teachers spend a vast amount of time in creative planning, using songs, picturesque books and expressions, puppetry, and even become experts in the psychological field just to know each child’s learning style and plan for it.
Whilst in this process, we also need to consider the writing styles in order for us to avoid demeaning the child’s desire to write. From emergent writing, they go to egotistic writing, chronological writing, phonological writing, up to different forms of writing (creative, narrative…). They need to have an easy transition form one style to another according to their age and competency. Making corrections as they write is very important. Telling the students, “This word is spelt wrongly”, is completely different from telling them, “Very well done, try spelling this word this way and it will be perfect.” A simple well stated correction can make a great difference. We need to show the importance of punctuation, capitalization, and well structured sentences to promote clarity and variety, but at their level. Even though through infancy it is not strongly stressed, it is important to clarify them if there is a need. All of them combined with a purpose and love for writing instilled by our teachers can be just a conglomeration of the ingredients to improved literacy in writing. Let us avoid another child being denied a grant, scholarship or a much needed work because of a badly structured letter.
We are born with a processor of extraordinary knowledge, and a teacher’s duty is to turn on that processor and keep it working. There are many ways to help students develop coherency and fluency in their writing and also to develop the desire of writing and someday become Shakespeare’s or Mark Twain’s clones in writing. Let us restructure Bulwer Lytton’s quote, “The pen is mightier than a sword”, to “The pen is mightier than a sword, but divine are the hands that guide it.”
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