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Student's Can Right If You Give Them a Chance

This guide provides strategies to improve students' writing skills. It covers mechanics, language use, vocabulary, grammar, and organization. It also includes tips for teaching writing effectively.

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Student's Can Right If You Give Them a Chance

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  1. Write Student's Can Right If You Give Them a Chance Eric Cohen Books 2009 - Eilat

  2. 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: sequences ideas, topic sentence, body, conclusion • Content: main idea - details - knowledge of subject Eric Cohen Books 2009 - Eilat

  3. Vocabulary + Grammar = Writing • Basics = numbers, colors, cognates, classroom, homes, travel, communication, environment, current events… • Prepositions + articles = in, on, under, up, down, over, above, the, a, some, many… • Proper Noun Substitutions = Dan is home. / He is home. • Singular - plural = dog / dogs : picture / pictures: baby / babies • Prepositional phrases (chunking) = on the chair, under the desk, in the tree, between the cars Eric Cohen Books 2009 - Eilat

  4. Grammar chunks = There are /There isI am/ He is / She / It is - You/We/They are He/She/It has : I/You/We/They haveI/He/She was : You/We/They were • Tenses = sit / sits – am/is/are +ing – sat/walked – will sit/is going to sit – has/have prepared • Question chunks = Am I - Is he/she/it – Are you/we/they…? Do I/you/we/they – Does he/she/it…? Will I/you/he/she/it/we/they…? Was I/he/she/it – Were you/we/they? • Connectors = and / or / but / because … Eric Cohen Books 2009 - Eilat

  5. when to use a capital letter. when to use a period or question mark. which subject and verb go together. where to add adjectives and adverbs. what is a complete sentence /question. how to add prepositional phrases. how to sequence sentences. how to write 1 topic sentence and 4 supporting sentences. You need to teach. . . Eric Cohen Books 2009 - Eilat

  6. Guide them to writing • 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 Eric Cohen Books 2009 - Eilat

  7. Read – Read – Read Write examples on the board Always have the students answer and write in complete sentences. Give them lots of sequencing activities Give them lots of guided-writing activities Teach – beginning / middle / end Give each student a list of general writing rules. Prepare a poster of these rules for the class. What can you do? Eric Cohen Books 2009 - Eilat

  8. Show / describe / write / read – You write, then they copy and read. Write poetry Create comic strips / dialogues / plays (perform them) Write radio news / weather script Write and/or present short plays (short or extended dialogues) Write letters, movie or television reviews (Guided) Have fun with writing Eric Cohen Books 2009 - Eilat

  9. What do you see? Eric Cohen Books 2009 - Eilat

  10. 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 Eric Cohen Books 2009 - Eilat

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  13. Describe your bedroom • List at least 10 things in your bedroom. • What color are they? • What is your favorite thing in your bedroom?My favorite thing is __________________ • Draw is picture/layout of your bedroom. • What 10 things would you like in your bedroom?I would like _________. Eric Cohen Books 2009 - Eilat

  14. What are they talking about? Eric Cohen Books 2009 - Eilat

  15. What do you say to a new friend?Complete the conversation • Hi! I’m __Anya__. • I go to ______________.Where ___________________? • I live in _____________.___________________________? • I have ____ brothers and ____ sisters.Do ___________________________? • What time? • _______________________ • Hi! I’m Dan. What is your name? • I go to Ramot School. Where do you go? • I live in _____________._________________________? • Yes, I have 2 brothers and 1 sister.How many_________________? • Thanks, I’d like that. • ________________________. Eric Cohen Books 2009 - Eilat

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  18. complete, clear and organized sentences correct grammar good spelling relevant vocabulary sequence of ideas When writing expect: Eric Cohen Books 2009 - Eilat

  19. 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 Adventure Club Stories Eric Cohen Books 2009 - Eilat

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