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Incremental Progression in Writing at KS2: Strengthening Skills and Nurturing Habits

Collaborative Research & Development (“Seed”) Project for 2014 – 2015. Incremental Progression in Writing at KS2: Strengthening Skills and Nurturing Habits. English Language Education Section Curriculum Development Institute Education Bureau. Aims:.

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Incremental Progression in Writing at KS2: Strengthening Skills and Nurturing Habits

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  1. Collaborative Research & Development (“Seed”) Project for 2014 – 2015 Incremental Progression in Writing at KS2: Strengthening Skills and Nurturing Habits English Language Education Section Curriculum Development Institute Education Bureau

  2. Aims: To investigate effective strategies to develop students’ writing skills progressively at KS2 through implementing a school-based writing programme. Objectives: To engage students in interesting and meaningful writing activities and to stimulate students to think and write creatively andcritically To help teachers enhance students’ writing skills progressively to ensure a smooth transition between P6 and S1 To help students make connection between the texts introduced in Reading Workshops to motivate students’ interests & nurture their writing habits Aschool-based writing programme To cater for diverse learning needs and interests and to promote assessment For and As learning To enhance teachers’ capacityin developing students’ writing skills and nurturing their writing habits

  3. Manuals for playing • new toys • Personal letters • Recounts • Giving advice • Biography/ • Autobiography Non-fiction • Recipes • News reports Design a School-based Writing Programme Journal Writing Writing at KS3 P6 P4 P5 • Imaginative • stories • Adventures • Fantasy • Dilemma • Fables • Fairy tales Fiction

  4. Planning for incorporating the text types into journal writing • Building on project schools’ strengths with flexibility • Progressive development of writing skills • Helping students to master journal writing • Coverage • Striking a balance with other text types in the curriculum Curriculum strands involved: • Knowledge strand (KS) • Experience strand (ES) • Interpersonal strand (IS)

  5. Project Title: Incremental Progression in Writing at KS2: Strengthening Skills and Nurturing Habits Project Code:EE0114 Duration: September 2014 to August 2015

  6. “Seed” Schools Seed schools are expected to: nominate 1 experienced and committed English teacher to be the project leader and identify a core group of teachers to form a Project Team; build on the school’s existing writing programme and identify one upper primary level for implementing the programme consider how discussion and material development can fit into the level’s current mode of collaborative lesson preparation; set aside a period of time in the scheme of work to try out the writing tasks (at least one fiction and one non-fiction) developed by the project teachers of the same school; and assist in the collection of evidence (covering tryout lessons, classroom observations, interviewing students/teachers) on the processes of change and impact on student learning.

  7. Project Proposal[Education Bureau Circular Memorandum No. 7/2014 Staff Interflow Schemes 2014 (Appendix Cin duplicate)] Send your application to: EDB Human Resources Management Unit4/F, East Wing, Central Government Offices 2 Tim Mei Avenue Tamar, Hong Kong. (Application for Staff Interflow Schemes 2014) Deadline for Application: 28 February 2014

  8. Enquiries Administrative matters: Ms Nancy WONG 2892 5830 Professional matters: Ms Isabella HUNG 2892 5874

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