Discovering+to+write

**D ****i ****s ****c ****o ****v ****e ****r ****i ****n ****g ** **t ****o **** w r i t e **   || <span style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 115%; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'">If a child understands that letters represent something through the sign principle, then it becomes known that the written word has no features of the actual real thing. The flexibility principle is known as realising that symbols aren’t representing letters and that letters can be written in different ways. The linear principle understands that when reading in English, text goes from left to right. Learning to space words is another principle which needs to be taught. <span style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 115%; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'"> || <span style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 115%; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'">Teaching children to write involves strategies which need to be placed for the effective learning of writing. These include modelled writing, shared writing, guided writing and independent writing. <span style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 115%; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'">Modelled writing consists of the process of writing, talking, organising and creating ideas for writing a piece of text, the teaching in this strategy has complete control over the writing. Spelling and punctuation are revised through learning the process of writing. Teachers illustrate how to hold a pen, demonstrates how to plan, problem solve words and revise and identifies different text types. <span style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 115%; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'">Shared writing involves the teacher recording and the children creating the ideas of what needs to be written. The method of teaching this strategy comes from sharing the planning and decision making. Hill (2006, p299) states ‘the teacher provides guidance and the children discussion contributes to a growing awareness and understanding of what is writing is about. <span style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 115%; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'">Guided writing consists of a small group of students and the teacher. This strategy makes the children do the writing and problem solving in a short lesson. A short lesson may be developed on spelling. <span style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 115%; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'">Independent writing strategy is the child creating the topic and writing independently. Children plan to writing and revise with little assistance from the teacher. ||
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