The Writing GenreSession 2

Workshop 2 : Objectives

• To share practice and reflect on classroom based activity since workshop one

• To explore the narrative genre of writing using the seven step approach

• To provide practical examples of writing genre activities

• To begin the process of planning for the teaching of writing genre

Key Messages

• The purpose of writing and the audience determine the writing genre

• The purpose for writing needs to be authentic

• Writing needs to be explicitly taught

Share worked trialled in class

What worked well...

What were the challenges...

Oral Language

Instruction

Language Learning

Environment

Listening &

Speaking

Spoken Texts

Vocabulary

Auditory Memory

Free Writing

Wide variety of texts

Attitude/ Motivation

Reading Fluency

ComprehensionVocabulary

Phonics

Free Writing

Components of Writing

RecountPersuasive

Procedure Narrative

Report

The Big Seven!Cross-curricular!

A Visit to the Farm

There once was a…Recipe / Experiment/

Instructions

Homework should be banned

Sharks

Audience + Purpose = Genre/Text Form

ExplanationHow a kite works

Writing to SocialiseLetter/Email/Text

7. Presentation to audience

6. Independent Writing

5. Guided Writing

4. Shared Writing

3. Modelled Writing

2. Discover a framework

1. Familiarisation with the genre

Oral Activities

• Modelled Stories• Story Reconstruction• Story Character Interviews

Reading Activities• Shared Reading-Author• Retell• Literary Letter

Modelled Writing is a strategy for teaching a range of forms, conventions and procedures of writing

It involves the writer‘thinking aloud’

as s/he writes for an audience

Teacher has the pen. Teacher continues to ‘think aloud’, but consults the children for ideas.

• Children write, teacher scaffolds

Sample Narrative Framework for

Senior ClassesTitle Key words or short notes

Setting

(Who?

When?

Where?)

Initiating

Event

(How did the

character get

involved?)

Problem

Resolution

• Children plan and write their own narrative text.

• They may consult a partner or the group and/or the teacher at the planning stage.

• They write a first draft (framework) and proof read and check it with partner.

• Final draft is written for an audience.

Linkage and Integration

Sample of Narrative Writing

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Sample of Narrative writing

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Carousel of activities for Narrative

Activities

Pass it on Comic Strip

Basket Stories Sentence Starter

Story Settings Narrative Checklist

Some suggested activities

ExplanationVocabularyPositional LanguageQuestioning/Clarification SequencingExpressive and Receptive Language

Recount Charlie the Clown – Oral

News

What Comes Next?

Draw and Tell

Narrative

• Sequencing Pictures

• Story Reconstruction-jumbled text

• Tired Words, boring s

• Talking Dice

• Character, Setting, Problem

• Character Interview

• Props with a purpose

Report Show and Tell Picture Talks Who Am I? What Am I? Sorting Activities KWL

Talk to teach Oral Reports

Persuasive

Expressing likes and dislikesTake SidesStand In LineChange the point of viewConscience Alley

Procedural Barrier Games Sequencing

Procedures Talk to teach Retell

Where to next?

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Key Messages

• The purpose of writing and the audience determine the writing genre

• The purpose for writing needs to be authentic

• Writing needs to be explicitly taught