Writing and the Meitzav
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Student's Can Right If You
Give Them a Chance
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What do we look for
in good writing?
Mechanics: capitalization, spelling, punctuation, legible handwriting
Language use: correct order, tense agreement, number and function articles, pronouns, prepositions, meaning not obscured by grammatical errors
Vocabulary: uses correct words - variety - appropriate word for topic
Organization: sequencing, topic sentence, body, conclusion
Content: main idea - details - knowledge of subject
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Getting them to write
Use their background knowledge
Use pictures they recognize
Use series of pictures that tell a story
Make up different stories with different
outcomes from pictures – elicit ideas from them
Read stories to them
Teach them to how to use a dictionary
Guide them – one step at a time – don’t assume
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When writing expect:
complete, clear and organized sentences
correct grammar
good spelling
relevant vocabulary
chunks of language / vocabulary
use the dictionary
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Vocabulary and Writing
Basics
= numbers, colors, cognates, classroom, homes,
travel, communication, environment, current events
Prepositions
+ = in, on, under, up, down, over, above,
the, a, some, many
Singular
- plural = dog / dogs : picture / pictures :
baby / babies
Chunking
= on the chair, under the desk, in the tree
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Grammar and Writing
Basic grammar chunks =
There are / There is
He is / She is / It / They are
He / She / It has : They have
I /He/She was : You/We/They were
Proper Noun Substitutions = Dan is home. / He is home.
Connectors = and / or / but
Chunking = There are some / There is a/an
Present Tenses = sit / sits – am/is/are +ing
Past Tenses = was / were – walk/walked – write/wrote
Future Tense = will ride
Perfect Tenses = has / have seen
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What can you do?
Read – Read – Read
Give them lots of guidedwriting activities
Write examples on the
board
Give each student a chance
to do every writing
assignment a second time
- correct their mistakes.
Always have the students
answer and write in
complete sentences.
Lots of sequencing
activities
Give each student a list of
general writing rules.
Teach – beginning / middle /
end
Prepare a poster of these
rules for the class.
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Have fun with writing
Show / describe / write / read – You write, then they
copy.
Introduce poetry
Create comic strips /stories/
dialogues (scripts)
Write radio news / weather script
Write and/or present plays
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Using Poetry
Rain
by Shel Silverstein
I opened my eyes
And looked up at the rain,
And it dripped in my head
And flowed into my brain,
And all that I hear as I lie in my bed
Is the slishity-slosh of the rain in my head.
I step very softly,
I walk very slow,
I can't do a handstand-I might overflow,
So pardon the wild crazy thing I just said-I'm just not the same since there's rain in my head.
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What do you see?
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I see. . .
I see a girl with a _______ shirt.
I see a blue _______________.
I see a _______________ chair.
I see pink _________________.
I see a _________ __________.
I ___________________________.
red, book, red, notebook, red, lamp, skates, pink, chair
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What are they talking about?
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What do you say to a new friend?
Complete the conversation
Hi! I’m Dan. What is your name?
I’m _______ years old.
How old are you?
I live in _____________.
_________________________?
Yes, I have 2 brothers and 1 sister.
How many_________________?
Thanks, I’d like that.
________________________.
Hi! My name is _____Anya__.
I am _______ years old.
Where___________________?
I live in _____________.
___________________________?
I have ____ brothers and ____ sisters.
Do ___________________________?
What time?
_______________________
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You can also teach that. . .
writing is a form of self-expression.
writing is a form of visual art.
writing is a form of developing imagination.
writing is . . .
ECB Online - http://www.ecb.co.il/ecbonline/resources/writelit.html
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