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PREREQUISITE SKILLS FOR

WRITING COMPETENCE


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These skills are acquired step by step

Pupils need a lot of practice in using

vocabulary and building sentencestructures.

Basic background knowledge of

grammarand using it correctly is a

plus point .Teachers should wean pupils away from

word level andphrase levelto simple sentences andhenceforth to parallel writing.


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Teaching Grammar through

writing

Students are more aware of

grammar and sentence

structure by using tables.The technique of using a

table can be used with anytext. Pupils are made aware

of sentence structures by

writing in columns


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Keep to simple sentences whichwill build the pupils confidence .Use single pictures initially.

Tell pupils that a sentencestructure should have a subject,verb and a story line.

Add on the time tense if any forthat particular sentence.


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Building confidence

Start with very simple sentencestructures.

Eg: Kadir cycling.

Ah Seng Rama- cycling-

school

-boyscycling- school -boyscycled-school-

yesterday

- -


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Teachers can initially

guide the students .

Pupils can workindividually or in

groups.


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Read the text and complete the

missing words.

My favourite animals are cows. They

are very useful and give us many

things both when they are living andwhen they are dead. They give us milk

that we can drink and make into butter,

cheese or yoghurt. We can make


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How to exploit the text fully.

Use WH-questions

Matching sentence parts

Gap filling

Word Arrangement

Expansion using table methodParallel Writing


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Writing using the table method

SubjectWho/What

Verb-what

objectwhat

objectwhere

Cows are very

useful

They give us many

things.

They give us milk.

We can make cheese,

butter or

yoghurt.

from the

milk


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Boost their confidence with individual

pictures

Teachers can work with individual

pictures. Do a picture study. Ask

WH- questions to familiarizepupils with visual clues. Get

pupils to answer the questions.

Teachers can work around thesame picture by giving a a

variety of exercises.


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Questioning Technique

One way to help students

to understand a picture is

to put forth a series of WH-questions.

Use WH-questions to getpupils to respond and

identify other visual clues.


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Alina- twelveold- collecting

stamps


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Use WH-Questions as a way to expand sentences

who

what

whenhow

where

why

AlinaStamp album

Collectingstamps

during free time

Twelve years old


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How old is Alina?

(v) (s)

Alina is twelve years old.

(s) (v) (o)What is her favourite hobby?

(v) (s)

Her favourite hobby is collectingstamps


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Does she collect many

stamps?s v o

She collects many stamps.

s v o

Where does she keep them?

s v

She keeps them in a stamp

album


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-(tall tree)- (grows along seaside-) (leaves- long)

Time Subject VERB OBJECT

- - - tall tree

- The coconut tree is a tall tree

- - grows seaside

It grows along the sea side

- leaves - long

The leaves are long.


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(-trunk hard ) (used -make bridges.)

(fruits- big - green )

Time Subject Verb object

- trunk hardmake bridges

The trunk is hard .

It Is used to make bridges.

fruits big-green -brown

The fruits are big and green .


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SAMPLE QUESTION

SECTION C (2)


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Use WH-Questions to prompt answers.

who

what

whenhow

where

why

Halim ,Helmi jungle

catch birds

saw bird

last weekend


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WH-Questionsto guide pupils

1. Who went into the jungle?Subject Verb Story line

Halim and went into the

Helmi jungle

2. Why did they go into the jungle?

Subject Verb Story LineThey went/ to catch

wanted to birds


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3. What did Halim see?

Subject VerbStory Line

Halim/He saw abird.

4. What did the boys do?

Sub ect Verb


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Halim and Helmi-jungle-birds-Halim- bird

Time Subject verb object

- Halim and Helmi - jungle

- Halim and Helmi went Into a jungle.

- - birds

They wanted to catch birds

- Halim - birdHalim saw a bird.


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(Monday - night market ) (stalls )( people) (- noisy)


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Time Subject verb object

Monday - - night market

Last

Monday

Pn Alina and

Ainee

went to the night

market

- stalls

They saw many stalls

- - - people

They saw many people

- - noisy

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