handwriting & writing prepared by sarah al-aydi mai al-wahaidi mabrouka abu taema
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Handwriting
&
Writing
Prepared By
Sarah Al-Aydi
Mai Al-Wahaidi
Mabrouka Abu Taema
IntroductionIntroductionLanguage Skills
WritingThe importance of writing
Handwriting VS Writing
Quotes
Language Skills
Main SkillsReading
WritingListening
Speaking
Sub skillsPronunciatio
n
Spelling
Grammar
Vocabulary
Writing is a method of representing thoughts, ideas, opinions through language in
visual or tactile form.
Why Do We Teach Writing?
•►It guides Ss to express themselves and to translate their thoughts.
•►It enables Ss to Communicate with others (e-mail, letters)
•►It develops Ss language skills.
• ♣ Perceptual- psychomotor domain.
• ♣ It might be purely an art form.• ♣ It can be a functional tool.
Handwritin
g
• ♣ Cognitive Domain.• ♣ Synthetic Objective• ♣ It follows certain steps and
aims at expressing a point. Writing
Quotes
“Teach them to think and read and talk with self-repression, and they will write because they cannot help it. “ Anne Sullivan
“It is perfectly okay to write garbage – as long as you edit brilliantly.”
“All writing is a process of elimination.“ Martha Albrand
Handwriting and Writingin
English for Palestine
Types of Writing in E4P
Creative
Academic
GRADE 8, UNIT 7, PAGE 47
GRADE 12, UNIT 6, PAGE 65
E4P teaches Writing in Stages according to
The Writing process The level
English for Palestine’s Writing stages
GRADE 11, UNIT 3, PAGE 31
Writing Stages according to the levelExplanation Gra
deStage
☻Exercises focus on teaching students how to write letters correctly and words about pictures (Handwriting)
1-2 1st
☻Exercises concentrate in writing complete short sentences by answering questions or a picture.
4-3 1st
☻Students learn to describe pictures and to write long sentencesThey learn to follow simple punctuation rules (comma, fullstop, etc).
5-6 2nd
☻Ss learn to write paragraphs, letters (informal-formal).The Exercises develop paragraphs’ structure (topic sentences, coherence..etc)
7-10 2nd
☻Ss learn to write essays, letters(formal-informal), advanced punctuation.
11-12 3rd
GRADE 2, UNIT 1, PAGE 5
GRADE 3, UNIT 16, PAGE 41
GRADE 6, UNIT 17, PAGE 73
(WB)GRADE 9, UNIT 3, PAGE 16
GRADE 11, UNIT 6, PAGE 65
Handwriting Skills involve
• Holding the pencil in the right way.• Matching between the sight and the hand’s
movement. • Getting used to legible handwriting.• Differentiation between capital and small
letters. • Writing from left to
right.
Lower Levels
Page Unit Grade
47 8 1
GRADE 1, UNIT 8, PAGE 47
• Handwriting skills focus here on the legible handwriting.
• The correct format of words, sentences, letters paragraphs and (leaving spaces, margin, etc)
Higher Levels
Handwriting Skills involve
Page Unit Grade
37 8 7
GRADE 7, UNIT 8, PAGE 37
Writing models and their pedagogical advantages
Give Ss steps to follow
Motivate Ss to write
Facilitate the writing
exercises
E4P largely uses examples and models
Examples and Models in Writing Exercises
Task Page Lesson
Unit
Grade
Stage
Writing Sentences
11 Period 2
2 4th 1st
Writing Composition
25 10 2 11th 3rd
GRADE 4, UNIT 2, PAGE 11
GRADE 11, UNIT 2, PAGE 25
Writing Exercises’ models Sufficiency
They enable Ss to write about the given tasks .
The examples suit the Ss Stages .
They are presented in different ways .
Sufficient
Examples
The different tasks in the unit facilitate the writing
exercise) reading
passages & picture(
Too Difficult Exercises!!?
Difficulty depends on the Ss’ level and the individual differences .
We can’t assume the existence of the TOO
difficult extreme .
Difficulty relies on the amount of students knowledge of familiar and unfamiliar information
Task Page Lesson
Unit
Grade
Stage
Writing Paragraphs
93 4 23 7th 2nd
Writing Essay 94 10 9 12th 3rd
Difficult Writing Exercises
GRADE 12, UNIT 9, PAGE 94
GRADE 7 WB
Variety of
Exercises
Fill the gaps
Order sentences
Write a short paragraph
Describe a picture
Answer WH Q then write a paragraph
Complete the table then write
Summarize
Follow the given model (letters)
Oder a story then write a paragraph
Variety OF Writing Exercises
Task Page Lesson
Unit
Grade
Stage
Completing sentences
5 Period 2
10 2nd 1st
Answering questions and
following a model
3 3 1 10th
WB 3rd
GRADE 2, UNIT 10, PAGE 5
GRADE 10, UNIT 1, PAGE 3 (WORKBOOK)
Uninteresting Topic in E4P Writing Exercises
☼Some of E4P writing exercises require Ss to write about topics that don’t attract their interest .
☼ The disinterest may results from1- Boring Topics2- Topics that are out of the students’ scope of interest. 3-The continues repetition of some points(letters- comma’s usage)
Uninteresting Topic in Writing Exercise (Ss P.O.V).
Task Page Lesson
Unit
Grade
Stage
Complete the paragraph
64,65 5,6 11 8th 2nd
Writing composition
55 10 5 12th 3rd
GRADE 8, UNIT 11, PAGE 64,65 (WB)
GRADE 12, UNIT 5, PAGE 55
Writing Exercises and Themes
▓Relating the tasks mostly to the unit’s\lesson’s themes
especially in the upper levels
◙ Such strategy enables Ss to collect ideas, vocabularies and expressions from
the unit and its themes which facilitates the writing process
◙ This also relates their ability to do the task to the previous given information.
English for Palestine’s writing exercises are characterized by: .
Relevant Writing exercisesTask Page Lesso
n Unit
Grade
Stage
Developing Paragraphs
33 4 7 7th 2nd
Punctuation Guided writing
15 10 1 11th 3rd
Task Page Lesson
Unit
Grade
Stage
Making sentences
89 4 21 6th 2nd
Irrelevant Writing exercises
GRADE 7, UNIT 7, PAGE 33
GRADE 11, UNIT 1, PAGE 15
GRADE 6, UNIT 21, PAGE 89
Problems and Suggestions in E4P’s
Writing Tasks
Why do students find difficulty in writing ?
Teachers tend to ignore writing exercises.
The undesired mixture between writing and other skills’ tasks.
Lack of application in schools.
The absence of constructive feedback.
How can we teach writing effectively?
Extra excises.
Further Application of the tasks in Ss daily life.
Constructive feedback.
Productive interaction between teachers and their students.
Visual aid methods.
Email, blogs and facebook usage.
Note
Thank You For PayingAttention
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