What?
Developing an effective writing programme by Sheena Cameron and Louise Dempsey held at the Alexandra Park Event centre in Auckland on 24 January 2018
So what?
- There are three types of lessons - mini lessons, quick writes, writing lessons.
- Editing involves proofreading - spelling, punctuation, grammar, meaning & re-crafting - improving the content of the writing.
- Teaching approaches in a balanced writing programme - modelled writing, shared writing, guided writing, independent writing.
- Grouping for writing - mixed ability and same level
- Forms of writing - common text types
- Other forms of writing - recording events, hypothesising, inviting a response, requesting, humour, entertaining, finding out, summarising, commenting.
- Different experiences - do something, view something, listen to something.
- Ways to organise writing - discussion, describe it, list, criteria, talking frames, picture plans, brainstorms, symbols, T-charts, Y- charts, planning sheets.
- Suggested lesson sequence - lesson introduction, independent writing, lesson wrap-up.
- The lesson should have a clear criteria and challenge - visual, memorable & measurable.
Now what?
I am going to introduce the idea of self check and partner check in my writing programme with the use of 2 medals (achievements) and a mission (next steps).
