First Sentence Writing Book
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978-1-913884-28-4
€19.95
€19.95
per item
The First Sentence Writing Book provides support for pupils experiencing difficulties with creative writing. The early worksheets use commonly used words to construct simple sentences. The activities progress in complexity to cover common errors in sentence structure, the writing of compound sentences, the use of adjectives and adverbs, and the construction of simple stories.
TEACHING NOTES
The First Sentence Writing Book is designed for pupils who;
Where the opportunity arises, encourage the pupil to proofread the work before handing it to the teacher for marking. Proofreading becomes an important skill when the pupil moves through the later stages of education and early acquisition of the skill can only be of benefit. Pupils particularly enjoy using a highlighting pen for this purpose.
The quantity of written work.
It is always preferable to encourage short, well written, pieces of work rather than work designed to ‘fill up the page’. It is much easier to extend good quality writing than improve the quality of extensive pieces of work. It is helpful therefore, to set a realistic target for each individual pupil.
TEACHING NOTES
The First Sentence Writing Book is designed for pupils who;
- Are ready to start writing in structured sentences.
- Are of an ethnic minority background and need to assimilate sentence structure.
- Make specific grammatical errors.
- Have started to write in sentences but with a restricted expressive vocabulary.
- Lack confidence during creative writing exercises.
- Are reluctant writers
- Produce written work which does not reflect their oral attainment level.
Where the opportunity arises, encourage the pupil to proofread the work before handing it to the teacher for marking. Proofreading becomes an important skill when the pupil moves through the later stages of education and early acquisition of the skill can only be of benefit. Pupils particularly enjoy using a highlighting pen for this purpose.
The quantity of written work.
It is always preferable to encourage short, well written, pieces of work rather than work designed to ‘fill up the page’. It is much easier to extend good quality writing than improve the quality of extensive pieces of work. It is helpful therefore, to set a realistic target for each individual pupil.
